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Currently, Hurricane Wilma is the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, after reaching an intensity of 882 mbar (hPa; 26.05 inHg) in October 2005; [53] at the time, this also made Wilma the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide outside of the West Pacific, [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] where seven tropical cyclones have been recorded to ...
Here are the strongest hurricanes to hit the U.S. mainland based on windspeed at landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center and USA TODAY records: Labor Day Hurricane of 1935:...
Continental United States hurricane strikes 1950–2022. The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (119 km/h) in the United States, which is the minimum threshold for hurricane intensity.
Idalia is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida's Apalachee Bay region ever on record. Here is a look at the most powerful storms to hit the U.S. mainland.
With a wind speed of 185 mph at landfall, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is the strongest hurricane ever to hit the United States. It was also the first recorded Category 5 storm in...
Donna is the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to hit the U.S. and is the only one to produce hurricane-force winds across Florida, the Mid-Atlantic and New England in the same storm, according to...
What happened: The Category 5 hurricane is considered one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit Florida. Andrew was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history until Hurricane Irma passed ...
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) shows that there have been more than 300 hurricanes that have directly hit the U.S. coastline since 1851, of which more than...
Milton has tied in third place for the fastest sustained wind speeds measured in a hurricane since records began. At 180 mph top speeds, the storm shares rank 3 with three other hurricanes,...
As search and rescue teams continue to examine stream beds and debris piles in hollers throughout North Carolina's western mountains, the toll of lives lost in Hurricane Helene's horrific...