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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.
On April 17, The Weather Channel (TWC) released their forecasts, calling for 2017 to be a near-average season, with a total of 12 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. [9] The next day, on April 18, North Carolina State University released their prediction, also predicting a near-average season, with a total of 11–15 named ...
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.
Helene would be Florida's 9th major hurricane hit since 2000. The storm is forecast to become a major hurricane, a Category 4, before approaching the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, the National ...
Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Milton struck and passed over Florida last ... October 15, 2024 at 11:41 AM ... Hurricane Milton lashed Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain ...
Florida's hurricane season spans six months, from June 1 to November 30. ... Northeast Florida (including Jacksonville). ... Accessed October 1, 2024. Florida Real Estate, Zillow. Accessed October ...
The tornado caused $20,000 (2017 USD) in damage. [44] Overall, the storm killed two people in Florida and caused more than $1.923 million (2017 USD) in damages. [3] Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Irma made landfall in southwestern Florida, which further compounded the damage in the region. [4] [5]