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Michael was the second-most intense hurricane to have made landfall during the month of October in the North Atlantic basin (including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea), behind the 1924 Cuba hurricane. [154] Michael was the first recorded Category 4 or 5 hurricane to strike the Florida Panhandle since reliable records began in 1851.
Hurricane Michael of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season caused widespread, but relatively minor damage in Atlantic Canada.The seventeenth tropical cyclone, thirteenth named storm, and eighth hurricane of the season, Michael developed from a non-tropical system to the southwest of Bermuda on October 15.
The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the time period was Hurricane Michael, which was a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, the highest category on the scale. Michael was the strongest hurricane to strike the contiguous United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Hurricane Michael barreled into Mexico Beach, Florida, on Oct. 10 with peak winds of 160 mph – making it the strongest storm on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle. It was the first ...
Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5, making it one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. It was an expensive hurricane, causing extensive damage to ...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Michael is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., and the proof is strewn across miles of Florida's coastline: Roofs and awnings peeled from buildings ...
Hurricane Michael (2018) – a Category 5 hurricane that formed near Central America, causing heavy flooding as it lingered over the area as a tropical depression. Later rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall in Florida at peak intensity. Michael caused at least 74 fatalities and an estimated $25.1 billion (2018 USD) in ...
As apocalyptic images come to light, showing the sheer scale of destruction wrought by Hurricane Michael, many are wondering what they can do to help.