We have not seen a Category 5 storm this strong in October since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The powerful storm is heading for the west coast of Florida, set to make landfall as a major hurricane ...

Please, please, don’t let a hurricane hit while we are in South Florida, I prayed as I headed to the Sunshine State in September 2005 to take care of my elderly father. Unfortunately ...

At 6:30am on October 24, 2005, Category 3 Hurricane #Wilma made landfall in southwest Florida. It briefly weakened to an upper-end Cat2 over the peninsula, then regained Cat3 intensity over the ...

The minimum pressure was below 900 MB making it the strongest Gulf hurricane since 2005 (Wilma). Florida will see the brunt of this next storm. Milton will encounter wind shear as it gets closer ...

Hurricane Wilma (2005) with its very "pinhole eye" Smaller ... Milton is set to “weaken” before it reaches Florida’s coast. According to Kegges, hurricanes go through “eyewall replacement ...

The list of 2025 Atlantic hurricane storm names has only one new name since the list was last used six years ago. The World Meteorological Organization opted to retire Dorian and replace it with ...

Milton is a category four major hurricane, but is likely to slowly weaken as it moves across western Florida and into the ...

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FILE - Oranges lie rotting on the ground in a field in Immokalee, Florida, after Hurricane Wilma tore through the area on October 24, 2005, causing extensive damage to the states citrus crop.

"However, neutral years are very close to La Niña years." Hurricane Wilma made landfall in southwest Florida in 2005 as Category 3 storm Wilma, which reached Cat 5 status, made landfall Oct. 24 ...

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed ... Allen in 1980 and Rita in 2005. The storm is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late Wednesday or early Thursday.