Hurricane Michael, which barreled into the Florida Panhandle in October, has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm was originally designated as a Category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane Michael, which barreled into the Florida Panhandle in October, was actually a Category 5 storm when it hit the coast, scientists at the National Hurricane Center said Friday.
A post analysis shows the storm was stronger than originally thought, with winds at landfall estimated at 160 mph -- making Michael one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to touch down in the US, according to the scientists. The storm was originally designated as a Category 4, with 155 mph winds, when it made landfall on October 10 near Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, the hurricane center said in a statement. 'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.
Remembering the victims of Hurricane Michael 01:46"Category 5 winds were likely experienced over a very small area at and near the coast, and the change in estimated wind speeds is of little practical significance in terms of the impacts associated with the storm," the statement said.
Watch Hurricane Michael's 155 mph winds 01:18It was directly responsible for 16 deaths and about $25 billion in damage in the United States, according to the hurricane center. After the hurricane, officials in four Southern US states reported at least 32 storm-related deaths, according to a CNN count. 'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.mobile={};CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature.then {CNN.VideoPlayer.
See inside the storm hour by hour 01:15Michael was the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States as a Category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The others were Camille in 1969 and the Labor Day hurricane in 1935.Michael is the strongest hurricane landfall on record in the Florida Panhandle, and only the second known Category 5 landfall on the northern Gulf coast, according to the hurricane center.
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