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Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992. It was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of pressure , behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and ...
Michael quickly strengthened into a hurricane later that day. By October 20, Michael peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale at a relatively high latitude of 44°N. The storm weakened slightly to a Category 1 hurricane and became extratropical shortly before making landfall in Newfoundland on October 20.
The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5, making it one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. It was an expensive hurricane, causing extensive damage to ...
Two of them − Hurricane Michael in October of 2018 and Hurricane Andrew in August of 1992 − registered as a Category 5. Both hurricanes combined left nearly 140 people dead.
Hurricane Michael, with maximum winds of 160 mph, was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Panhandle and only the second to hit Florida since Andrew struck Miami in 1992.
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 ...
Hurricane Michael, 2018: Micahel was one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the continental U.S., striking Florida in Bay County as a Category 4 hurricane but not before jumping over 120 mph in ...