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Hurricane Milton Weakens to Category 1

Here's how many Category 5 hurricanes have hit mainland U.S.

While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.

USA Today · 1d

Hurricane Milton became Category 5 hurricane for the second time Tuesday afternoon

The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Milton could be “one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida.”

Associated Press · 1d

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris

The most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5 as it approaches Florida: Live updates

President Joe Biden warned that Milton could be one of the worst storms to hit Florida in a century and urged residents to ...

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Interactive: How rare is it for a hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5?

Hurricane Milton, currently churning in the Gulf of Mexico as a major storm, is expected to make landfall somewhere along Florida's west coast soon.

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What a Simulated Category 5 Hurricane Over Tampa Tells Us Could Happen Next

A 2009 simulation imagined what a direct strike from a Category 5 hurricane would do to the Tampa Bay area—and the results ...

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Milton Regains Category 5 Strength as It Plows Toward Tampa

The storm’s winds climbed back to 160 miles per hour after weakening slightly for several hours. Gas pumps across Florida ran ...

1don MSN

Hurricane Milton tracker: 'Catastrophic' Category 5 storm forecast to make landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast late tonight

Hurricane Milton remained a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph Wednesday as it moved closer to landfall ...

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