Two other storms, Camille in 1969 and Michael in 2018 also landed on the Gulf Coast as Category 5 hurricanes. Each had sustained wind speeds of 170 mile per hour and 161 miles per hour respectively.

Two other storms, Camille in 1969 and Michael in 2018 also landed on the Gulf Coast as Category 5 hurricanes. Each had sustained wind speeds of 170 mile per hour and 161 miles per hour respectively.

Hurricane Ian was recorded to have maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour as of Wednesday morning, just 2 miles per hour slower than that of a Category 5 storm.

Hurricane Camille, the second-strongest storm on record to come ashore in the continental U.S., had sustained winds of more than 170 mph when it hit Mississippi in the late evening of Aug. 17, 1969.

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Although it's been 50 years since Hurricane Camille struck the coast, it's still a benchmark that other storms are measured by. ... but a reanalysis of data showed winds of 175 miles per hour.

Although it's been 50 years since Hurricane Camille struck the coast, it's still a benchmark that other storms are measured by. ... but a reanalysis of data showed winds of 175 miles per hour.

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