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Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state.
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Hurricane Milton
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2024
Hurricane Milton was an extremely powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which in 2024 became the most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded over the Gulf of Mexico, tying with Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton made landfall on the west coast of the U.S. state of Florida,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siesta Key, Florida
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Siesta Key is a barrier island off the southwest coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located between Roberts Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. A portion of it lies within the city boundary of Sarasota, but the majority of the key is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Florida
U.S. state
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Straits of Florida to the south, and The Bahamas to the southeast. About two-thirds…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saffir–Simpson scale
Hurricane intensity scale
The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) is a tropical cyclone intensity scale that classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms—into five categories distinguished by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hurricane Helene
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2024
Hurricane Helene was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region of Florida, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
October 9
Day of the year
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 83 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)