Hurricane Florida Panhandle 2018

Hurricane michael made landfall near mexico beach on the florida panhandle as a category 4 storm early wednesday afternoon oct.

Hurricane florida panhandle 2018. Dfs police tweet amtrak modifies florida service due to michael. Hurricane michael killed at least 35 people as it slammed the florida panhandle as a category 4 hurricane before pushing inland through georgia and into the carolinas and virginia as a tropical. Chris strengthened to a category 2 but was then downgraded to a tropical storm by july 12. The storm s heavy rain high winds and extreme storm surges caused massive destruction in its path and spawned numerous tornadoes.

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. Hurricane michael making landfall on the florida panhandle in october 2018. It became a hurricane july 10 the second hurricane in the 2018 season. Hurricane dennis the last major hurricane to strike the florida panhandle before michael tropical storm alberto 2018 also affected the florida panhandle several months earlier tropical storm nestor 2019 impacted the same area where michael made landfall causing only minor effects.

The list of florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of florida. Deadly hurricane michael devastates florida panhandle before moving inland by jason hanna and emanuella grinberg cnn updated 0413 gmt 1213 hkt october 11 2018. The last major hurricane a storm of category 3 or above to hit the panhandle was dennis in 2005 according to hurricane center data. Michael was the most powerful storm ever to hit the florida panhandle with 155 mph winds and 9 to 14 feet of storm surge in some areas and it shows.