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

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 ...

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.