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Large swells ahead of the hurricane reached Assateague State Park, Maryland, by September 9, prompting the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to close beach access indefinitely. [120] October 11–12, 2018 – Tropical Storm Michael tracks inland, bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the state. [121]
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. [155] Michael was the first recorded Category 4 or 5 hurricane to strike the Florida Panhandle since reliable records began in 1851.
Furthermore, Michael was also considered the first hurricane to make landfall in Canada since Hurricane Hortense in 1996. [10] When the Meteorological Service of Canada and the National Research Council flew a Convair research flight into Michael on October 19, it was the first successful research flight made into a tropical cyclone by those ...
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 ...
Two of them − Hurricane Michael in October of 2018 and Hurricane Andrew in August of 1992 − registered as a Category 5. Both hurricanes combined left nearly 140 people dead.
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 ...
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Hurricane Isabel produced a storm surge peaking at 8 feet (2.4 m) on the Chesapeake Bay in Hoopers Island and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) on the Atlantic coast in Ocean City. [12] The track of the hurricane to the west funneled into the bay and was so strong it negated the normal tide cycle in the bay.
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.