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Winds whipped over 100 mph. Waters threatened hundreds of miles of Florida coast. And Philip Tooke managed to punch out a terse but frantic message from his phone as he sat riding out Hurricane ...
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 ...
SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after tearing a path of destruction across Florida, killing at least 14 people and knocking out power to millions ...
The view of 39th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 27, 2024 after Hurricane Helene hit. A split tree in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 27, 2024 after Hurricane Helene hit ...
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.
After moving across Charlotte Harbor, the eye of Hurricane Ian made landfall on the Florida Peninsula in Charlotte County, near Punta Gorda. While escaping the storm surge that occurred further to the south, catastrophic wind damage occurred in Charlotte County. In all, more than 200 homes were destroyed in Charlotte County.
In comparison, Category 5 Hurricane Michael's tropical storm-force winds reached out 175 miles form its center when it neared landfall in Mexico Beach, Florida in 2018. Hurricane Ivan, in 2004 ...
The hurricane attained its peak intensity later that night with maximum sustained wind of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 938 millibars (27.70 inHg) at 3:10 UTC on September 27 as it made landfall east of the center of the Aucilla River about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Perry, Florida, [17] becoming the strongest ...