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 ...

2005: 185 mph Hurricane Gilbert, 1988: 185 mph Labor Day hurricane, 1935: 185 mph Florida mayor's dire five-word warning to ...

"I'm just praying." Jones vividly remembers the destruction caused in Jamaica by the Category 5 Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. This time around, she's hopeful improved infrastructure will keep people ...

Irma matches a 1935 storm in the Florida Keys, Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 and Wilma in 2005. Only one hurricane, Allen in 1980, has recorded stronger winds, at 190 mph, he said. However ...