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• Hurricane Andrew made history on Aug. 24, 1992, as one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall when it did so as a vicious Category 5 striking Miami, Florida. However, Andrew was almost ...
The largest hurricane (in gale diameter winds) on record to form in the North Atlantic was Hurricane Sandy (2012) with a gale diameter of 870 miles (1,400 km). [52] The longest-lasting hurricane was the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, which lasted for 27 days and 18 hours as a tropical cyclone. [53]
Emergency officials responding to the Hurricane Helene disaster in Western North Carolina say false rumors on social media are impeding their efforts to help tens of thousands of people in need.
Savanna-la-Mar Hurricane of 1780: October 1–5, 1780: North Atlantic Jamaica, Cuba, and Bahamas 1,115 [3] Great Hurricane of 1780: October 9–20, 1780: North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Bermuda 22,000–27,501 [3] 1780 Solano's Hurricane: October 18–21, 1780: North Atlantic Gulf of Mexico 2,000 [3] Unnamed 1781 ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on the Atlantic hurricane season and learn about the storm season which runs from June 1 to November 30.
A Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. They are among the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth, having 1-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 137 knots (254 km/h; 158 mph; 70 m/s).
Read CNN’s 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts to learn about tropical storm systems that develop during the summer and fall.