Of those storms, the federal weather agency forecasts that six to 10 will be hurricanes — with three to five of them major.

26, when Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida, and Oct. 9, when Milton struck Siesta Key, was a new record for the shortest time span between major hurricane landfalls in the state.

If things had worked out a little differently, Milton wouldn’t have gotten near as strong as it did.” Hurricane season 2024: Rapid intensification forecasts improve, and then there was Otis ...