Camille ranks just below the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane with 892 mb and 184 mph, while slightly stronger than Hurricane Andrew ... wind damage. A peak wind speed of about 91 mph was reported at Ryan ...

Category 5: Sustained winds greater than 157 mph. Examples of Category 5 hurricanes that hit Florida include Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Michael in 2018. The NHC states, “A high ...

Once a tropical storm's wind speed hits 74 mph or more, it becomes a hurricane and is categorized using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ranks hurricanes from Category 1 to Category ...

The National Hurricane Center ... contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Michael reached wind speeds of up to 161 mph ...

What's the difference between a Category 1 and a Category 3 hurricane? It's all about sustained wind speeds within the storm and how strong those winds are, as well as the potential damage to ...

With the hurricane season starting soon, you are certain to hear about categories and other terms used to describe hurricane strength. Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center ...

Only nine named storms formed. But one of them was Hurricane Andrew. It only takes one hurricane to devastate Florida Whether the forecast calls for five storms or 25, it only takes one ...

Both nontropical and tropical lows possess a counterclockwise circular wind field. BUSY SEASON: The nation’s top forecasting agency is expecting a busy hurricane season this year. How could ...

Even if it's a quiet year, Corbosiero said just one storm can change everything, recalling an ultra quiet 1992, when that one storm was the devastating Hurricane Andrew. “We don’t need a ...

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher with sustained wind speeds of at least 111 mph. Last year, the weather agency predicted the 2024 season had an 85% chance of being above normal and ...

"I always like to reference the 1992 season, where there was only six named storms that whole year, can you imagine that, but the first one was named Andrew." Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida ...