Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that in 2018 became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992.

Sep 21, 2023 · Hurricane Michael intensified right up to its landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, around 12:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 10 as a Category 5, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and a minimum central...

Oct 10, 2018 · Based on minimum pressure, Michael is the fourth most-powerful hurricane to hit the United States, behind the Labor Day Hurricane (1935), Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Andrew (1992), and the most powerful storm to impact the Florida Panhandle in recorded history.

Oct 10, 2018 · Michael is the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States as a category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and only the fourth on record. The others are the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969.

Aug 25, 2023 · It has been four years since Hurricane Michael made its devastating landfall as a Category 5 storm, causing unprecedented destruction in the Florida Panhandle and Mexico Beach. The hurricane’s impact was immense, and the path to …

Oct 13, 2018 · Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle this week, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge. Here is a look at the dangerous storm by ...

Hurricane Michael roared into the Gulf of Mexico Oct. 9, 2018 as a late-season storm that was not expected to turn into 155 Now 160 miles per hour sustained on the Florida Panhandle.

Oct 10, 2018 · Hurricane Michael made landfall with winds of 155 mph, making it a strong Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity. It missed being a Category 5 by only 2 mph. What...

Nov 8, 2018 · Here’s why Hurricane Michael took so many by surprise and what legacy the storm will leave behind. Wind shear should have killed the storm. Why did it survive?

Hurricane Michael was the third-most intense hurricane to make landfall in the United States, behind only the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. The storm made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 4 storm on October 10, 2018, with top winds of 155 mph and a central pressure of 919 mb.