The most intense hurricanes to hit the United States


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  • Thursday, 11 Oct 2018

(Reuters) - Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday as the worst storm ever to hit that region and the third most intense hurricane to ever slam into the continental United States, with its minimum pressure recorded at 919 millibars (mb) on Wednesday afternoon.

Michael was a Category 4 hurricane at landfall, with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (249 km per hour).

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