Several recorded Category 5 hurricanes reached that intensity ... of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was removed from the list of future names for ...

Along the coast, a Category 5 hurricane can produce a storm surge ... Despite being intense, Andrew was a rather small storm ...

Hurricane Milton has now become a dangerous Category 5 storm as it heads toward Florida ... while Hurricane Andrew of 1992 ...

Amid strengthening storms and rocketing insurance premiums, some homeowners are taking matters into their own hands with ...

Because of stricter building codes implemented in the years after Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida in 1992 ... Bay ...

Meteorologists' confidence on storm prediction is measured by "forecast uncertainty," according to the NOAA. Storms that are challenging to predict are characterized by "high uncertainty," but when ...

Category 5: Winds 157 mph or higher ... Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. The Keys Hurricane of 1935 and Andrew of 1992 made landfall in South Florida as Category ...

As billion-dollar disasters like hurricanes Helene and Milton grow more common, many blame global warming. Others say disasters are more expensive because there is more to destroy.

The 1990s were marked by 1992’s Category 5 Hurricane Andrew, the second-strongest storm to strike the state since the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, and 1995’s Hurricane Opal, which hit Pensacola.

Floridians dug out from under Hurricane Milton’s path of destruction that killed at least 12 people, left millions without power or water and destroyed homes and businesses across the state.

Hurricane Kristy became the latest in a string of Category 5 storms over the past few years ... U.S.: Michael in the Florida Panhandle (2018), Andrew in South Florida (1992), Camille along the ...