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August 31 – Hurricane Gustav brushed the Florida Keys before tracking into central Louisiana. Rip currents from the hurricane killed four people in Florida. The storm also produced six tornadoes in the state. [82] September 5 – Hurricane Hanna passed east of the state while moving toward the Carolinas. Rip currents and high seas killed ...
Kona storms (also called Kona lows) are a type of seasonal cyclone in the Hawaiian Islands, usually formed in the winter from winds coming from the westerly "kona" (normally leeward) direction. [1] They are mainly cold core cyclones, which places them in the extratropical cyclone rather than the subtropical cyclone category.
Hurricane-wise the 1940s were among the state's busiest decades: 11 hurricanes struck from 1944–50, six of them major, including five Category 4 hurricanes in South Florida. Storms catalyzed development: impacts radiated societally, broaching complex political and socioeconomic topics, and lead to epochal changes such as flood control and ...
Tropical Storm Helene became a named storm at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, and is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by the time it makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime Thursday evening.
At 8:30 a.m., DaSilva said AccuWeather is predicting Invest 97L could make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane, but that forecast is likely to change later today to a Category 3 storm.
Only four hurricanes on record have made landfall in the U.S. mainland on the penultimate month of the calendar, but the most recent one – Nicole – hit Florida a mere two years ago. The season ...
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active and extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane season that became the third-costliest on record, behind only 2017 and 2005. The season featured 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes; it was also the first since 2019 to feature multiple Category 5 hurricanes.
Kevin Guthrie, Florida's director of emergency management, said Sunday that the evacuation for Milton could be the largest the state has seen since Hurricane Irma in 2017 when an estimated 6 ...