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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.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season that became the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion . [nb 1] It was the second consecutive above–average season dating back to 2016. The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes.
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 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones, with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 developed into hurricanes, and a record-tying seven further intensified into major ...
A report published by Climate Central, a nonprofit organization that tracks climate trends, found that all 11 Atlantic hurricanes this year were intensified by an additional 9 to 28 mph because of ...
Florida's hurricane season spans six months, from June 1 to November 30. While this period covers half the year, the most intense storm activity typically occurs from mid-August to late October.
Internet service workers work secure cables in Kissimmee, Florida, on October 8, 2024, ahead of the expected landfall of Hurricane Milton. Flooding near Riverside Park, a recreation area on Vero ...
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic hurricane season saw above-normal activity; [nb 1] it was the seventh most active season on record and the most active since 2005. [2] The season officially began on June 1, 2017 and ended on November 30, 2017.