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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 ...
The storm also produced high surf along the coast, which killed a swimmer in Palm Beach County. Rains in the state reached 5.04 in (128 mm) in Hastings. [58] [21] September 20 – Hurricane Rita passed south of the Florida Keys before entering the Gulf of Mexico. The outer rainbands produced 58 mph (93 km/h), along with 5.04 in (128 mm) of ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
During this early period in the hurricane season, tropical systems usually form in the Gulf of Mexico or off the east coast of the United States. [38] Since 1851, a total of 81 tropical storms and hurricanes formed in June. During this period, two of these systems developed in the deep tropics east of the Lesser Antilles. [38]
Rafael is the 17th named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. This season was forecast to be well above average and warm waters in the Gulf — more likely due to climate change — have made ...
Helene would be Florida's 9th major hurricane hit since 2000. The storm is forecast to become a major hurricane, a Category 4, before approaching the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, the National ...
Tropical Depression Four entered the Gulf of Mexico where it further intensified into Tropical Storm Debby later on August 3. [46] In the Gulf of Mexico, it intensified from tropical storm to hurricane status late on August 4, before making landfall in Florida. [137] On August 5, Debby made its first landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida. [138]
A tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico officially developed into Tropical Storm Francine Monday and could be a low-end Category 1 hurricane by Wednesday as it heads toward landfall on the ...