Hurricane Michael
EventTropical Cyclones
2018 Category 5 hurricane that struck the Florida Panhandle
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Hurricane Michael
- Tropical Cyclones
Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone in the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 10 with peak winds of 160 mph (260 km/h), becoming the first Category 5 hurricane recorded to impact the Florida Panhandle. The storm caused catastrophic damage, widespread power outages, at least 74 deaths, and an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
- Landfall
- Near Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 10
- Peak winds
- 160 mph (260 km/h)
- Attributed deaths
- At least 74
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Hurricane Michael (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q57082056
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By ABI imagery from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsABI imagery from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite, AWS S3 ExplorerModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 432 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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