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October 9 – Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h), becoming the second major hurricane to strike Florida in under a two-week period. [221] The storm brought significant flooding and damaging winds to much of the state.
Delta became a hurricane at 00:00 October 6, and later that day peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 953 mbar (28.1 inHg). This period of rapid intensification resulted in a 105 mph (170 km/h) increase in winds over a 36-hour period, caused by a combination of extremely warm ocean ...
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.
The hurricane center has forecast life-threatening storm surges of between 10 and 15 feet along Florida's western coast from Anna Maria Island - on the south end of the entrance of Tampa Bay - to ...
This year was the first time since 2005 that Florida recorded 3 hurricane landfalls. This hurricane season punched us harder than any in a generation. This year was the first time since 2005 that ...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [ 3 ] 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT ) at 19°24′N 90°54′W / 19.4°N 90.9°W / 19.4; -90.9 ( Tropical Depression Three forms ) – Tropical Depression Three forms from the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda about 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Campeche ,
Meterorologist Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist at WPLG Local 10 in Miami, expects "to see a return of big hurricanes going into the first full week of October," he wrote in his daily update ...
Tropical cyclones in 2020; List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Cuba hurricanes; List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present) Storms with similar tracks or impacts. 1906 Florida Keys hurricane – A destructive Category 3 hurricane that took a winding and erratic path across the Caribbean and Florida