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Milton rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane on Monday with sustained winds surpassing a brutal 180mph. It slowed to a Category 4 on Tuesday morning then restrengthend.
Damage: $60 billion (1992 dollars) What happened: The Category 5 hurricane is considered one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit Florida. Andrew was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s ...
Hurricane Milton, now a Category 4, is expected to hit Florida's west coast Wednesday.. Milton rapidly intensified on Monday, with winds reaching up to 180 mph. NOAA's satellite GOES-16 is ...
Hurricane Milton was a rare and powerful Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday on a expedited track toward Florida's west coast where it is forecast to make landfall before sunrise Thursday between ...
Category 4 is the second-highest hurricane classification category on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, and storms that are of this intensity maintain maximum sustained winds of 113–136 knots (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h). Based on the Atlantic hurricane database, 144 hurricanes have attained Category 4 hurricane status since 1851, the ...
The strongest tropical hurricane to make landfall in Florida was the Category 5 Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. With winds reaching 185 mph (295 k/h), the storm resulted in the deaths of over 400 ...
The National Hurricane Center stated that when Hurricane Milton lands in Florida this week, it is expected to be a category 4 or 5 storm. It was upgraded to a category 4 on Monday morning.
Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall as early as Wednesday evening. The storm comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on Florida’s ...