Lee indeed is the first Atlantic Cat 5 of 2023, but this hurricane is just one of eight tropical cyclones to attain this ill-famed intensity in the Atlantic over the past eight years.

It was the first Category 5 storm to make landfall on mainland U.S. since Andrew 26 years earlier. Mary Battles, left, and Shenike Bishop rest in a bus stop damaged by Hurricane Michael on Oct. 20 ...

Milton has become a Category 5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida’s west coast, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay.

Milton strengthened rapidly into a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida. The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa area with a potential direct hit and menacing the same ...

What about Category 5 hurricanes in outside of Florida? There's only be one. Hurricane Camille in 1969. Camille had sustained winds of more than 170 mph when it hit Mississippi on Aug. 17, 1969.

By 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Beryl had become a Category 4 hurricane, with winds of 130 mph. That's a gain of 95 mph in just 42.5 hours. Rapid intensification in a tropical storm or hurricane is defined ...

Hurricane Milton makes landfall as Category 3 storm near Siesta Key, Florida 15:11. Hurricane Milton, a powerful storm that fluctuated between a Category 4 and 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, made ...

Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a Category 5 storm as it moved towards Jamaica late Monday, after the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season caused devastation in parts of the eastern ...

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening, becoming the first hurricane to do so without an El Niño since Hurricane Celia in 2010.. This ...

Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on ...