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On October 4, with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), Matthew made landfall in Haiti near Les Anglais. Weakening slightly, Matthew then made landfall near Maisí in Cuba. The storm started to accelerate, passingly through The Bahamas. Matthew then moved parallel to the coast of Florida, coming within just 20 miles (32 km) or so from coming ashore.
Around 15:00 UTC on October 8, the hurricane made landfall at Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, near McClellanville, South Carolina, with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) and a central pressure of 963 mbar (28.4 inHg), which made it the strongest to strike the United States in terms of pressure since Irene in 2011, and the first hurricane to make ...
Hurricane Michael making landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018. In the 21st century, 80 tropical and subtropical cyclones, their remnants, and their precursors have affected the U.S. state of Florida. Collectively, cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in more than $236 billion in damage ...
Life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of Florida, the Monday 8 p.m. advisory says.
State of emergencies are in effect in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina and millions of coastal residents were warned to get ready to evacuate. Hurricane Matthew expected to barrel to ...
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak strength.
Critically for Tallahassee, the eastern Panhandle, and the Big Bend, hurricane-force winds associated with Helene’s core extend almost 60 miles east and 45 miles west of the center of circulation.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...