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Flooded streets in St. Armands Key after Hurricane Milton, in Sarasota, Florida. / Credit: Maxar Technologies On Ana Maria Island, a barrier island in Manatee County, Florida, a satellite photo ...
Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain and winds of 120 miles per hour that left homes — and, in some cases, full neighborhoods — drenched, muddied and dilapidated. At ...
Hurricane Milton made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday near Siesta Key, Florida, about 70 miles south of Tampa, as a Category 3 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center ...
August 13 – Hurricane Charley struck southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest landfall in the continental United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Its eye crossed Cayo Costa and later the mainland at Punta Gorda, before crossing the state with much of its intensity retained. A wind gust of 173 mph (278 km/h) was ...
A view from the interior of Hurricane Betsy's eye, taken by Hurricane hunters before its Florida landfall September 8, 1965– Hurricane Betsy passes through the Florida Keys as a major hurricane, producing moderate rainfall reaching 11.8 inches (300 mm) at Plantation Key and wind gusts reaching an estimated peak of 160 mph (255 km/h) in North ...
A drone image shows the damage to the dome of Tropicana Field in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Fla, on Oct. 10, 2024. Credit - Bryan R. Smith—AFP/Getty Images
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina , Ike , Irma , Maria , Sandy , Ida and Harvey .
Hurricane Milton left a trail of tornado-damaged homes, flooded streets, and beaches and buildings ripped apart by its winds and surge water. Florida residents are now picking up the pieces.