Hurricane Florida October 2018

Deadly hurricane michael devastates florida panhandle before moving inland by jason hanna and emanuella grinberg cnn updated 0413 gmt 1213 hkt october 11 2018.

Hurricane florida october 2018. It became a hurricane july 10 the second hurricane in the 2018 season. Hurricane michael making landfall on the florida panhandle in october 2018. Hurricane michael slammed into florida on wednesday october 10 as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. Major hurricane michael october 10 2018.

In records dating back to 1851 11 major hurricanes of category 3 or higher have made a florida landfall in october bookending the state with opal which hit near pensacola as a cat 3 on oct. The list of florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of florida. The 2018 east pacific hurricane season has been hyperactive with 22 named stormes 13 hurricanes and 10 major hurricanes through the end of october. Michael made landfall along the florida panhandle near tyndall air force base afb around 1 30 pm edt 12 30 pm cdt on wednesday october 10 2018 as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 knots 161 mph and a minimum central pressure of 919 millibars mb.

So far there have been 15 named storms during the 2018 atlantic hurricane season 7 tropical storms and 8 hurricanes. Since 1950 15 hurricanes have made a u s. The accumulate cyclone energy ace index has been record high for the year with over a month left in the season. Landfall in october eight of which occurred in florida.

Michael became the first category 5 hurricane to strike the state since hurricane andrew. Florida is the state most likely to see a landfalling hurricane in october. Major hurricane michael was the 13th named storm of the 2018 atlantic hurricane season.