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Damage in Florida totaled $19 billion, making Wilma the third costliest hurricane in Florida history, behind Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. Wilma is also the ninth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. [16] Wilma was blamed for 30 deaths in Florida, [2] of whom five were killed directly by the hurricane's impacts. [1]
At its peak, Hurricane Wilma's eye contracted to a record minimum diameter of 2.3 mi (3.7 km). In the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, [nb 1] fourth Category 5 hurricane, and the second costliest in Mexican history. Its origins came from a tropical ...
The aftermath was "devastating" the morning after Wilma, the 12th hurricane of the 2005 season, hit, Lundberg said. He and AccuWeather Videographer Vern Horst had planned to venture south but ...
Rainfall during the storm reached 13.26 in (337 mm) at Kennedy Space Center. Wilma also spawned 10 tornadoes across the state. There were 30 deaths in the state related to Wilma, and statewide damage was estimated at $19 billion, making Wilma among the costliest United States hurricanes. [61] [21] [62] [39]
Milton is only 1 of 7 hurricanes to go from a category 1 to a category 5 hurricane in under 24 hours and is the second fastest to do so behind Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Track Hurricane Milton Live
Helene became a hurricane late Wednesday morning with 80 mph winds. The storm is forecast to barrel into Florida's Gulf Coast as a monster Category 3 hurricane with 120-mph winds Thursday ...
Severe Tropical Cyclone Wilma was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected the Samoan Islands, Tonga and New Zealand. Forming out of a trough of low pressure on 19 January 2011 to the northwest of Fiji , Cyclone Wilma initially tracked eastward towards the Samoan Islands .
On Oct. 22, 2005, Wilma was named and was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph at its strongest and made landfall across Florida as a Category 3 hurricane.