Milton could soon be one of the strongest hurricanes in the United States

Hurricane Allen

• Year: 1980
• Location: Landing on South Padre Island, Texas
• Peak wind speed: 190 miles per hour
• Deaths: 269
• What happened: Allen is considered the only hurricane in the history of the Atlantic basin to reach sustained winds of 190 miles per hour. The storm’s winds were so strong that Allen’s peak wind speed was the highest sustained wind speed in the Western Hemisphere until Hurricane Patricia in 2015.

Hurricane Wilma

• Year: 2005
• Location: Landing at Cape Romano, Florida
• Peak wind speed: 185 miles per hour
• Deaths: 52
• What happened: Wilma, another strong hurricane, is considered the most violent cyclone in the history of the Atlantic basin and the second most intense hurricane in the Western Hemisphere in terms of atmospheric pressure. The same year as another infamous hurricane, Katrina, it was part of the devastating 2005 hurricane season.

Hurricane Andrew

• Year: 1992
• Location: Elliot Key, Florida, about nine miles east of Homestead
• Peak wind speed: 175 miles per hour
• Deaths: 65
• What happened: The Category 5 hurricane is considered one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit Florida. Andrew was the costliest hurricane in Florida history until Hurricane Irma overtook it 25 years later. According to the National Hurricane Center, Irma caused around $77 billion in damage.

Hurricane Katrina

• Year: 2005
• Location: Three landfalls, one at Keating Beach, Florida and two others near Buras, Louisiana and near the Louisiana-Mississippi border
• Peak wind speed: 175 miles per hour
• Deaths: 1,392
• What happened: According to the National Hurricane Center, Katrina is considered the deadliest storm since 1950 and, along with Hurricane Harvey, is the costliest Atlantic hurricane on record. The leading cause of death associated with Katrina was the failure of the levees around New Orleans, which led to catastrophic flooding in the area.