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.

With winds reaching up to 140 miles per hour, ... Hurricane Camille of 1969. Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi Gulf ...

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.

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.

As of 5 p.m. on Monday, Hurricane Milton was a Category 5 storm with winds up to 180 miles per hour. ... Hurricane Camille made landfall as a Category 5 storm on Aug. 17, 1969.

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.

Updated September 28, 2022 at 3:37 PM ET Ian has come ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast with winds of 155 miles per hour, placing it just shy of a Category 5 storm — a ranking shared by only four ...

Hurricanes Ian, Harvey, Maria, Katrina, and Camille all got high category ratings on the Saffir-Simpson scale. But what does that mean?

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.