Just 13 days after Hurricane Helene's destruction, Hurricane Milton struck the west coast of Florida, western Cuba, and Yucatán in Mexico. The tropical storm turned into a Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours, resulting in one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

Milton caused a whopping $34.3 billion in damages and claimed 42 lives in the US and three in Mexico. Pictured is a flooded neighborhood in Punta Gorda, Florida.

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