Hurricane Michael, with maximum winds of 160 mph, was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Panhandle and only the second to hit Florida since Andrew struck Miami in 1992.

Hurricane Michael, with maximum winds of 140 mph, was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Panhandle and only the second to hit Florida since Andrew struck Miami in 1992.

Editor's note: This page reflects the news of Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, Oct. 9. For the latest updates on Hurricane Milton's aftermath across Florida, read USA TODAY's live hurricane coverage ...

Key Background. Milton is expected to arrive less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene, a major Category 4 storm, hit Florida on Sept. 26. Helene was the hardest hit for the Tampa Bay area from a ...

Milton, which comes on heels of the destructive Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 5 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast near St. Petersburg and Tampa, where it is ...

Floridians are cleaning up after Hurricane Milton stormed through the panhandle Milton battered the state with high ... We assess the damage from Hurricane Milton in Florida. MICHEL MARTIN, ...

What time will Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm, make landfall in Florida? As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, it's a waiting game. Milton was forecast to become a large hurricane over the eastern ...

Hurricane Milton, according to the ... to make its way to the west coast of the Florida panhandle. ... the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida ...

2018: Hurricane Michael, which impacted the Florida panhandle Puerto Rico also had a Category 5 Hurricane. In 1928, San Felipe Hurricane made landfall on the island that is a U.S. Territory.

Milton intensified quickly Monday, becoming a Category 5 storm at midday before being downgraded. It had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 kph), the National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday.

A powerful Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Wednesday and could wallop one of the state’s major population centers with huge storm surges, lashing rain and ...

Hurricane Michael, with maximum winds of 160 mph, was the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Panhandle and only the second to hit Florida since Andrew struck Miami in 1992.