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Hurricane Baker was a Category 2 hurricane that affected the Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. The tropical cyclone was the second tropical storm and second hurricane of the 1950 Atlantic hurricane season. Originating as a tropical depression east of the Windward Islands on August 18, Baker became a ...
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 ...
The name Baker was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Baker (1950), struck Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, and Gulf Coast of the United States; caused $2,550,000 in damage (1950 US dollars) and one death; Tropical Storm Baker (1951), no threat to land
Ernesto made landfall Aug. 17, 2024, as a Category 1 hurricane on Bermuda, then downgraded to a tropical storm, but winds had picked up again and the system became a hurricane again. As of 5 a.m ...
There have been 13 named storms so far this hurricane season, which ends in the Atlantic on Nov. 30. For more People news, make sure to sign up for our newsletter! Read the original article on People.
Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, about five miles west of Sarasota, as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, the National Hurricane Center ...
Tracks of hurricanes over Florida from 1950 to 1974. 85 Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. state of Florida from 1950 to 1964. Collectively, tropical cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in about $7.04 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from Hurricanes Donna and Dora.
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.