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Video captured the roof of Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, tearing off due to Hurricane Milton.
The roof of the baseball stadium, which is located in St. Petersburg, Fla., was shredded to pieces after the hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 storm late on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Tropicana Field had a unique slanted roof, which was largely destroyed by Hurricane Milton in 2024. The most recognizable exterior feature of Tropicana Field is the slanted roof. It was designed at an angle to reduce the interior volume to reduce cooling costs, and to better protect the stadium from hurricanes .
The highest recorded sustained wind in the state was a 1-minute measurement of 74 mph by a 7.4 foot (2.25 m) National Wind Institute probe in rural Suwannee County. [70] Many buildings in Live Oak had roof damage, and a Mesonet station near Dowling Park recorded a gust to 99 mph. [ 71 ] High winds in Madison tore roofs off of buildings, downed ...
For storms that made landfall twice or more, the maximum sustained wind speed, and hence the highest Saffir–Simpson category, at the strongest landfall is listed. Only landfalls at major hurricane intensity are listed. Storms are listed since 1851, which is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane database.
The storm hit Florida's west coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, with top sustained winds of 120 mph(205 kph).
The storm spawned a brief EF0 tornado near Barefoot Bay, which damaged a roof. [137] October 7 – Hurricane Matthew paralleled the east coast of Florida as a major hurricane, with the center remaining about 35 mi (55 km) offshore. The western edge of the eyewall passed over Cape Canaveral, producing wind gusts of 107 mph (172 km/h) there.
When Hurricane Helene battered Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, one of the hardest-hit areas was the small town of Steinhatchee, which was overwhelmed by a 10-foot storm surge and 140 mph winds ...