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The surge of water flooded homes and businesses in the region, causing significant damage in some cases, the National Hurricane Center reported. Just 11 months later, Taylor County was hit again ...
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak ...
The estimated landfall central pressure was 919 millibars (27.1 inHg), the second most intense hurricane in Florida after the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. Michael killed 50 people in Florida, seven of them directly related to the storm's impacts.
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.
Tropical Storm Helene became a named storm at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, and is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by the time it makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast sometime Thursday evening.
Milton, a Category 3 hurricane that made landfall on Florida's western coast on October 9, has severely damaged the state's crops and farming infrastructure, the Florida Department of Agriculture ...
Helene was centered about 425 miles southwest of Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday at 11 p.m. ET, the hurricane center said. The storm was driving maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and moving north at ...
Palatka (/ p ə ˈ l æ t k ə / ⓘ) is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, Florida, United States. Palatka is the principal city of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 72,893 residents. The Palatka micropolitan area is included in the Jacksonville—Kingsland–Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area.