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Interactive: How rare is it for a hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5?
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 5 storm in mere hours on Monday. After a brief weakening for eyewall replacement, the National Hurricane Center said Milton regained its Category 5 status on Tuesday and traveled like that for hours.Since then, the storm has weakened to a Category 4 system. Our data team examined hurricanes that made landfall or caused hurricane-strength winds in the continental United States over the past 100 years to determine how common the strongest hurricanes were when they reached land.Explore the data in the interactive charts and maps below.
TAMPA, Fla. —
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 5 storm in mere hours on Monday. After a brief weakening for eyewall replacement, the National Hurricane Center said Milton regained its Category 5 status on Tuesday and traveled like that for hours.
Since then, the storm has weakened to a Category 4 system.
Our data team examined hurricanes that made landfall or caused hurricane-strength winds in the continental United States over the past 100 years to determine how common the strongest hurricanes were when they reached land.
Explore the data in the interactive charts and maps below.
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