Hurricane Opal
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Hurricane Opal was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States in October 1995. The fifteenth named storm, ninth hu
Opal shortly before peak intensity south of Louisiana early on October 4
Hurricane Michael
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Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992. It was the third-mos
Hurricane Opal
…Hurricane Dennis (2005) – Early-forming Category 4 hurricane which affected nearby areas Hurricane Michael (2018) – Similarly intense; the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle in recorded history Hurricane Helene (2024…
Michael at peak intensity while making landfall on the Florida Panhandle on October 10
Michael as a hurricane-force extratropical cyclone on October 13
Members of the Florida National Guard convening near Starke, Florida, on October 9
Most homes on the beachfront in Mexico Beach, Florida, were obliterated by Michael's catastrophic storm surge, with some even being swept off their foundations.