Milton will now present an "extremely serious threat" to Florida over the next days ... and the fifth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded by the NHC. The rapidly intensified cyclone ...

It's the third-strongest ever, behind only Hurricane Camille ... and Nature Coast areas. Hurricane warnings are in effect in Florida from the Alabama border to the Suwannee River.

Allen had the highest sustained wind speeds ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere until Hurricane Patricia formed ... An unnamed storm that tore up the Florida Keys over Labor Day in 1935 ...

Rita ramped up to hurricane strength by Sept. 20 while passing the Florida Keys and Cuba ... on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth strongest ever in the Atlantic Basin.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that 1992's Category 5 Hurricane Andrew was the strongest storm to ever slam into southern Florida. The worst damage was in ...