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At its peak, Hurricane Wilma's eye contracted to a record minimum diameter of 2.3 mi (3.7 km). In the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, [nb 1] fourth Category 5 hurricane, and the second costliest in Mexican history. Its origins came from a tropical ...
Damage in Florida totaled $19 billion, making Wilma the third costliest hurricane in Florida history, behind Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. Wilma is also the ninth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. [16] Wilma was blamed for 30 deaths in Florida, [2] of whom five were killed directly by the hurricane's impacts. [1]
Wilma weakened over the Yucatán Peninsula, and reached the southern Gulf of Mexico before accelerating northeastward. Despite increasing amounts of vertical wind shear, the hurricane re-strengthened to hit Cape Romano, Florida, as a major hurricane. Wilma weakened as it quickly crossed the state, and entered the Atlantic Ocean near Jupiter ...
As Hurricane Wilma grew closer to the United States in October 2005, Greg Bowman hurried to the airport and jumped on a flight. But rather than head to a safe destination hundreds or thousands of ...
Every year included at least one tropical cyclone affecting the state. During the 2004 season, more than one out of every five houses in the state received damage. [1] After Wilma in 2005, it would be 11 years until another hurricane would strike the state, Hermine in 2016.
While Disney World has famously been open 365 days a year for decades, the theme parks have been forced to shut down multiple times for emergencies. ... Hurricane Wilma. ... November 9-10, 2022 ...
Hurricane Wilma developed on 15 October 2005 in the Caribbean, as ascertained by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Four days later, it strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, with the lowest recorded barometric pressure of any Atlantic hurricane: reconnaissance aircraft recorded a minimum pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).
When Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana nearly 20 years ago, weakening to a Category 3 storm before it made landfall, ... Feerick said Milton reminds him of Hurricane Wilma, which also struck the ...