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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Michael (2018)
6 October 2018 · North Atlantic · Category 5
Hurricane Michael formed in the North Atlantic basin on 6 October 2018 and lasted 9 days. Its sustained winds reached 259 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 919 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America. It killed at least 72 people.
- Formed
- 6 October 2018
- Dissipated
- 15 October 2018
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 259 km/h (140 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 919 hPa
- Deaths
- 72
- Estimated Damage
- 14.6 billion US dollars
Countries Hit
- Cat. 5United States of America259 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Florence241 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Helene176 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Chris167 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Leslie148 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Gordon111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Alberto102 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Kirk102 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Nadine102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth