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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 ...
Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential ...
As of Wednesday, Oct. 9, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a public advisory that it's possible another Atlantic Ocean storm will form in the coming days — but not likely.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Hurricane Helene is now predicted to reach Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, part of a frightening forecast of 130-mph winds and high storm surge that brings a dire scenario ...
Milton weakened to a Category 4 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle, and reintensified into a Category 5 hurricane the following day. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Increasing wind shear caused the hurricane to weaken as it turned northeast towards Florida, falling to Category 3 status before making landfall near Siesta Key late on October 9.
Only five other Atlantic hurricanes have been recorded with wind speeds higher than Irma: Hurricane Allen of 1980, which had maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (310 km/h), and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Gilbert of 1988, Hurricane Wilma of 2005, and Hurricane Dorian of 2019, all of which had peak winds of 185 mph (298 km/h). [267]
On Saturday, Sept. 5, the National Hurricane Center shared on Facebook that Tropical Storm Milton was forecasted to "strengthen and bring the risk of life-threatening impacts" to areas of Florida ...
Hurricane Irma was the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the U.S. state of Florida, before being surpassed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Irma also was the first major hurricane [nb 1] to strike the state since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Charley in 2004.