The deadliest Category 5 hurricane on record was Hurricane Mitch, which killed more than 19,000 people in Central America in 1998. Hurricane categories do save lives. By being aware of the ...
The Atlantic hurricane season ends on Nov. 30. But tropical storms can form any time, and the sea water has been staying ...
The Enterprise took a look at five tropical systems that have impacted the United States latest in hurricane season since ...
The Gulf Coast has already had five hurricane landfalls this hurricane season.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. National Hurricane Center ...
He compared the potential threat of casualties to that of Hurricane Mitch, a late October 1998 storm that caused ... with 11 ...
1998 and strengthened to a hurricane by the 24th. Mitch then rapidly strengthened, becoming a monster Category 5 hurricane with a central pressure of 905 mb on the 26th—ranking it in the Top 10 ...
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch formed over the Caribbean in late ... Wilma struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on Oct. 24, 2005, and more recently, Hurricane Nicole impacted Central Florida ...
Hurricane Mitch became a Category 5 on Oct. 26 and didn't dissipate until Nov. 9. It made landfall in Florida on Nov. 5. Mitch had peak winds of over 177 mph and produced some of the highest wind ...