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October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Western Florida Panhandle in 1890. Strong winds occurred across the Florida Panhandle and North Florida. [13] According to a report by the Weather Bureau, "Every city and town between Jacksonville and Pensacola was damaged more or less. [...] This storm was the most violent one which has passed near Jacksonville during the past 23 years."
Hurricane Milton, which reached Category 5 strength Monday, is heading right for Florida's west coast, with a potential landfall near or at Tampa Bay. Live Wobble Tracker: Map shows real-time ...
Hurricane-force winds and storm surge of up to 16 feet (4.9 m) across the panhandle destroy 500 small businesses and damage or destroy 8,000 houses. Damage in the state totals $100 million (1975 USD, $400 million 2008 USD). [4] October 1, 1975- A tropical depression hits the western Florida Panhandle, though its effects, if any, are unknown. [5]
Hurricane Helene is expected to inundate Florida after it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast on Thursday, potentially as a powerful Category 4 storm, but forecasters were already warning ...
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.
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak strength.
PHOTO: Northeastern Gulf Coast, including the FL panhandle ad portions of the FL West Coast (from Panama City to Tampa), should prepare for the potential life-threatening storm surge, hurricane ...