It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Wilma struck South Florida as a Category 3 on October 24, 2005.
Hurricane Wilma had the lowest central pressure of any tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean, making it one of history’s most intense hurricanes on record.
Wilma developed as a depression near Jamaica in the Caribbean. On the morning of October 17, 2005, Wilma became a tropical storm in the Caribbean. In the span of just 24-hours Wilma exploded from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane…