Hurricane Andrew

The big picture: Ian is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Hurricane Michael devastated the Florida panhandle in 2018. In total, 14 ...

[major hurricane](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php). [Strengthening Hurricane Ian closes in on Cuba and Florida](/2022/09/25/hurricane-ian-intensifies-florida-threat) [22 deaths](http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/2000s/wilma/)were attributed to Wilma, including five in Florida, and damage in southern Florida cost an estimated $16.8 billion, per NOAA. Eight direct fatalities were reported, including seven in Florida, Reuters [notes](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/worst-hurricanes-floridas-history-ian-takes-aim-2022-09-26/). - Hurricane Andrew, one of four hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112017_Irma.pdf). [NOAA](https://www.noaa.gov/stories/4-hurricanes-in-6-weeks-it-happened-to-one-state-in-2004). [National Weather Service](https://www.weather.gov/mfl/wilma#:~:text=Wilma%20was%20a%20classic%20October,afternoon%20of%20October%2015%2C%202005.). [NOAA](https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/hurricane-andrew-30-look-back-above). [Weather.gov.](https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/Charley06.pdf) [Klotzbach](https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1575091180081012738).

Hurricane Ian intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it steamed toward Florida's Gulf Coast, threatening to bring ...

Michael was the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, according to the National Weather Service. It left 6.5 million customers without power in the state and caused an estimated $50 billion in property damage, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. Seven people died from the storm and 80 indirectly, according to an NHC tally. Even so, the bill for the hurricane’s property damage was particularly high at an estimated $20.6 billion in the U.S. While Hurricane Katrina in 2005 traveled across the southern tip of Florida, most of the damage it caused was in New Orleans. Katrina still ranks as both the deadliest and most expensive hurricane in modern U.S.

A Category 5 hurricane has winds of 157 mph or higher. These are the only four hurricanes in the history of the U.S. that have made landfall at that level.

It then made its way to the central Louisiana coast as a Category 3. It maintained that intensity as it made landfall on the Mississippi coast on Aug. Only [five hurricanes](https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/2020-05-04-category-5-united-states-hurricane-landfalls-preparedness) that have made landfall in the U.S. This storm, known as Labor Day Hurricane, strengthened as it made its way from the Bahamas to Florida, where it reached the middle of the Florida Keys on September 2 as a Category 5. Twenty-three people died in the U.S. Camille first hit the Cayman Islands and Cuba before making its way across the Gulf of Mexico and becoming a Category 5 hurricane. It later made landfall near Cedar Key, Florida, as a Category 2. A Category 5 hurricane has winds of 157 mph or higher. Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a Category 4. history made landfall as Category 5. [made landfall in Florida](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-ian-florida-forecast-path-landfall-2022-09-28/) on Wednesday as a powerful Category 4 storm — just a few miles per hour shy of a Category 5. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains,