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The estimated landfall central pressure was 919 millibars (27.1 inHg), the second most intense hurricane in Florida after the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. Michael killed 50 people in Florida, seven of them directly related to the storm's impacts.
Bottom line: No place in Florida is entirely safe from hurricanes but there are some locations considered "safer" than others.
High water drains slowly across Florida’s flat ... until 9 a.m. ET Wednesday as crews work to address damage caused by the storm. The Coast Guard has reopened some ports in Florida, as well as ...
The day before Hurricane Milton landed twisters in Palm Beach County — damaging 315 homes in a neighborhood about 15 miles from her house — Patricia Cramer went online to pay her insurance ...
Hurricane Irma was the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the U.S. state of Florida, before being surpassed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Irma also was the first major hurricane [nb 1] to strike the state since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Charley in 2004.
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak ...
How to stay safe during a hurricane: The nation's top hurricane forecaster has 5 warnings A flooded street is seen near the Steinhatchee marina in Steinhatchee, Fla. on Aug. 30, 2023, after ...
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina , Ike , Irma , Maria , Sandy , Ida and Harvey .