Hurricane Milton became a Category 5 hurricane late in the season. Its winds hit 180 MPH on October 8, but they slowed as it hit the West Coast of Florida.

Beryl, which in June became the earliest Category 5 storm to form in a season, killed 68 people in the United States, Grenada, Venezuela, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Hurricane Milton, now barreling toward an expected landfall on Florida's west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday, has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as ...

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a Category 4, causing over $100 billion in damage as it raced across the Florida Peninsula, similar to how Milton is forecasted.

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton has its sights set on Florida's Gulf Coast and that includes the Tampa Bay area. The storm rapidly intensified over a matter of hours Monday from a Category 2 ...

Category 4 hurricane (major): 130-156 mph Catastrophic damage will occur: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls.

In 2019, Hurricane Dorian, another category 5 monster with winds reaching 185 mph, tore through the Bahamas. It was there in the Bahamas that the storm surge reached 21 feet in some spots.

Hurricane Milton made landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast near Siesta Key Wednesday night. Milton fluctuated in intensity while churning in the Gulf of Mexico, rapidly becoming a monster Category ...

But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when it swept through the Caribbean as a Cat 5 just days earlier ...

Although a Category 1 is forecast at landfall, the hurricane center advises people in the path of the storm to plan for one category higher. According to the hurricane center, extremely dangerous ...