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At a Glance Five Category 4 or 5 tropical cyclones have made landfall in the U.S. since August 2017.

Three hurricane landfalls occurred in the Lower 48, including Harvey, Irma and Michael.

Super Typhoon Yutu and Hurricane Maria struck U.S. territories.

The United States and its territories have endured a siege of five tropical cyclones making landfall at Category 4 or stronger intensity during the past 14 months.

Super Typhoon Yutu is the latest chapter after making landfall Wednesday (EDT) as a Category 5 on the island of Tinian, which along with nearby Saipan, make up the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Northern Mariana Islands are located north of Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Both Tinian and Saipan have suffered widespread damage after Yutu hammered the islands with estimated maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. Yutu was the strongest typhoon on record to pass through Tinian and Saipan.

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Two weeks before Yutu struck, Hurricane Michael became the fourth Atlantic Category 4 to make landfall in the United States since August 2017.

Michael's historic landfall occurred on Oct. 10 when it roared into the Florida Panhandle with 155 mph winds, producing extreme wind damage near and inland from Panama City. Those winds helped propel a catastrophic storm surge into Mexico Beach, wiping numerous homes away from their foundations.

Michael was the third-most-intense continental U.S. landfall by pressure and fourth-strongest by maximum sustained winds on record. It was also the most-intense Florida Panhandle landfall on record, the first Category 4 hurricane to do so in records dating to the mid-19th century.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/5-uslandfalls.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/5-uslandfalls.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/5-uslandfalls.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > The five U.S. landfalls at Category 4 or 5 intensity since August 2017.

Just over a year ago a trio of hurricanes made landfall in the United States at Category 4 intensity.

Hurricane Harvey kicked it off when it rapidly intensified before slamming into the Texas Gulf Coast near Rockport with 130 mph winds on Aug. 25, 2017.

Harvey produced severe wind damage at landfall and then weakened while moving inland where it stalled, resulting in catastrophic rainfall flooding in southeast Texas, including the Houston metro area.

Less than two weeks later, the eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 6, 2017. Irma did not technically make landfall there since the center of the eye passed just to the north.

Irma's final landfall was as a Category 4 with 130 mph winds in the Florida Keys on Sept. 10, 2017.

Category 4 or stronger Atlantic hurricane landfalls in the Lower 48 are a rare occurrence, with only 28 documented since 1851 , including Harvey, Irma and Michael.

Rounding out the big three from 2017 is Hurricane Maria's catastrophic strike on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

Maria hit Puerto Rico as a strong Category 4 hurricane with 155 winds on Sept. 20, 2017. The devastation was severe, leaving the entire island without power and a death toll near 3,000 .

Hurricane Florence's landfall in North Carolina earlier this year occurred as a Category 1 hurricane, and while very impactful across the Carolinas, was not strong enough to make this list.