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Here are the three Category 5 hurricanes that have hit the US mainland
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Only three Category 5 hurricanes have ever made landfall in the US
Hurricane Irma, with sustained winds of 180 mph, could be one of the strongest
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If Hurricane Irma strikes South Florida as projected, it would become only the fourth Category 5 storm to ever make landfall in the US mainland.
It’s been 25 years since the last Category 5 storm, Hurricane Andrew, made landfall on Florida’s southern east coast. Now, as Irma heads northwest, Florida and nearby islands in the Caribbean are bracing for what could be an historic impact.
Here’s a look back at the other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the US:
Hurricane Andrew, August 16 - 28, 1992
Hurricane Camille, August 14 - 22, 1969
The unnamed ‘Labor Day’ Hurricane, August 29 - September 10, 1935
TIMELINE
Hurricane Andrew: According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Andrew formed off the coast of Africa on August 16, but quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. On August 22, Andrew became a hurricane, and by the next day it had become a Category 4 hurricane.
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When it hit Florida on August 24, it was originally believed to be a Category 4 storm. But in 2002, it was reclassified as having been a Category 5 hurricane when it made landfall.
The storm blew over Florida and made landfall again in Louisiana, after which it weakened and lost its status as a hurricane.
Hurricane Camille: On August 14, 1969, Camille began taking shape west of the Cayman Islands. By the next day, as it approached Cuba, it was Category 3 storm. Camille became a Category 5 hurricane on August 16, a status it held until the next day, when it made landfall on the coast of Mississippi.
The storm lost hurricane status as it crossed through Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. It drifted into the Atlantic Ocean on August 20.
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‘Labor Day’ Hurricane: Hurricanes weren’t given individual names until 1953, so you may have not heard of the unnamed ‘Labor Day’ hurricane of 1935. It formed on August 29, and by September 2, it had become a Category 5 hurricane and hit the Florida Keys.
As it passed through Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, it lost its hurricane status before heading east into the Atlantic.
WIND STRENGTH
The National Hurricane Center categorizes hurricanes using the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. The scale uses wind speed as the defining factor of which category a hurricane belongs to. Category 5 hurricanes are classified as having winds of 157 mph or higher.
Hurricanes that are Category 3 and higher are classified as “major hurricanes because of their potential for significant loss of life and damage.”
Hurricane Andrew: Andrew destroyed many of the instruments used to measure wind speed, the NHC says, but one station measured it at 142 mph.
Hurricane Camille: The NHC says the maximum sustained winds from Camille are unknown for the same reasons as Andrew, but estimates put the wind speed at around 200 mph near the Mississippi coast.
‘Labor Day’ Hurricane: No wind measurements are available.
LIVES LOST
As of Thursday morning, Hurricane Irma had already claimed sixlives throughout the Caribbean. Hopefully, those in Irma’s path will be able to evacuate or safely shelter in place.
But even these Category 5 storms’ death tolls don’t stand up to the catastrophic loss of life from such storms as Hurricane Katrina, which FEMA estimates killed 1,833 people.
The NHC considers the deadliest hurricane of all time to be the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which was responsible for more than 8,000 deaths.
Hurricane Andrew: 23 deaths in the US and three in the Bahamas
Hurricane Camille: 256 deaths in the US and three deaths in Cuba
‘Labor Day’ Hurricane: 408 deaths in the Florida Keys
PROPERTY DAMAGE
According to the NHC, Category 5 storms bring “catastrophic damage.”
“A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.”
Carmelo Mota, a builder, searches for tools in his destroyed home in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, on Monday, September 18. Hurricane Irma devastated the US territory and other Caribbean islands in the region, leaving them exposed to new storms brewing in the Atlantic.
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An aerial photo shows the devastation in Road Town, the capital of Tortola, the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, on Wednesday, September 13.
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UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson talks to a resident of Anguilla during a visit on September 13.
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People collect food that was delivered by emergency workers in the Sandy Ground area of Marigot, St. Martin, on Tuesday, September 12.
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Buildings are destroyed in St. Martin on September 12.
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French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with St. Martin residents during a visit to the island on September 12.
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French soldiers patrol St. Martin on September 12.
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A person works to clean up a street September 12 after Hurricane Irma flooded parts of Havana, Cuba.
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A man makes repairs in Havana on September 12.
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This Marigot church was among the buildings destroyed in the storm.
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Cubans affected by Hurricane Irma line up to collect drinking water in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, on Monday, September 11.
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander, front right, tours damage in St. Maarten on September 11.
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A palm tree sticks out of a pool on the French side of St. Martin on September 11.
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A woman stands next to her water-logged belongings that had been laid out to dry in front of her home in Isabela de Sagua on September 11.
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People line up for supplies in St. Martin on September 11.
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The skeleton of a boat drifts in St. Martin's Simpson Bay on September 11.
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People salvage material from the remains of a house in Isabela de Sagua on September 11.
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Members of the British Army provide support on Tortola, one of the British Virgin Islands.
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A woman carries a dog at an airport checkpoint in St. Martin on September 11.
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People wade through a flooded street as a wave crashes in Havana on Sunday, September 10.
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Two men search through the rubble of their St. Martin restaurant on September 10.
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People make their way through debris in the Cojimar neighborhood of Havana on September 10.
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People board a plane leaving St. Martin on September 10.
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A man wades through a flooded street in Havana on September 10.
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An overview of Havana shows flooded streets on Saturday, September 9.
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A woman surveys flooding in Havana on September 9.
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A boat rests in a cemetery after Irma tore through Marigot, St. Martin.
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Residents return home after Irma passed through Caibarien, Cuba, on September 9.
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A man walks in Caibarien on September 9.
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A man carries a child through a flooded street in Fort-Liberte, Haiti, on Friday, September 8.
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A man walks on a St. Martin street covered in debris on September 8.
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A damaged home is tilted onto its side on the Puerto Rican island of Culebra on Thursday, September 7.
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A home is surrounded by debris in Nagua, Dominican Republic, on September 7.
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Irma damage is seen in St. Martin's Orient Bay on September 7.
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Employees from an electrical company work to clear a fallen tree in Sanchez, Dominican Republic.
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A woman makes her way through debris in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on September 7.
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In this image made from video, damaged houses are seen in St. Thomas on September 7.
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The storm left widespread destruction on the island of Barbuda on September 7.
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A flattened home is seen in Nagua, Dominican Republic, on September 7.
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Nagua residents ride through an area affected by the storm on September 7.
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Trash and debris is washed ashore in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on September 7.
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People walk through damage in Marigot, St. Martin, on September 7.
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People survey damage in Marigot on September 7.
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Bluebeard's Castle, a resort in St. Thomas, was hit hard by Irma. St. Thomas resident David Velez sent this photo to CNN on September 7.
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Irma ruined these vehicles in St. Thomas.
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Waves smash into St. Martin on Wednesday, September 6.
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A man looks at a vehicle turned upside down in the British territory of Anguilla.
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An aerial view of St. Martin on September 6.
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Damaged cars are seen on a St. Martin beach on September 6.
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A boat is washed onto shore in St. Martin.
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Cars are piled up in Marigot on September 6.
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A man walks past damaged buildings in St. Martin on September 6.
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A car is flipped onto its side in Marigot.
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Broken palm trees are scattered on a Marigot beach on September 6.
Irma has quickly become one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic. The hurricane has sustained winds of 180 mph – well over the 157 mph minimum for Category 5 – for more than 40 hours, longer than any storm ever before.
Hurricane Andrew: $26.5 billion in the US, making it the fourth costliest hurricane in the US. Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 million