The second hurricane/typhoon hunter mission ... This was an extremely dangerous prospect, since Wilma was a Category 5 super typhoon with 185 mph winds at the time of penetration, and had a ...

2019: 185 mph Hurricane Wilma, 2005: 185 mph Hurricane Gilbert, 1988: 185 mph Labor Day hurricane, 1935: 185 mph Florida mayor's dire five-word warning to Tampa residents refusing to evacuate Hurr ...

Other storms on the list include Hurricane Dorian in 2019 with 185 mph winds. Wilma in 2005, Gilbert in 1988, and the Labor ...

Hurricane Gilbert ripped up the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in 1988 with 185-mph winds and 888 millibars of pressure, the second-lowest recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm left ...