A hurricane that hit Florida last year was the strongest to make landfall in the US in 26 years, new analysis shows.
Hurricane Michael struck in early October, causing 59 deaths and $25bn (£19.2bn) in damage.
It was initially marked as a Category Four hurricane, but data unavailable at the time showed the winds were close to 160mph (257km/h) at landfall.
This makes it only the fourth Category Five storm to hit the US – the highest possible category.
It is also the first Category Five storm to make landfall since Andrew in 1992.
How bad was Michael?
It was already one of the most powerful storms in US history when it made landfall on Florida’s Gulf coast on 10 October. It had earlier struck Cuba as a Category Two hurricane.
Among the worst-hit areas of Florida was the town of Mexico Beach, where a storm surge raised sea levels by more than 15ft (4.6 metres).
Seafront homes in Mexico Beach, a town of 1,000, were obliterated and then-governor Rick Scott compared it to a war zone.
The hurricane and associated storm surge were directly responsible for the deaths of 16 people in three states. Another 43 people died in Florida in events linked to the hurricane, including traffic accidents or medical issues compounded by the storm.
Why has its category changed?
It was initially reported that Michael had winds of 155mph, but a review concluded that they were in fact five miles an hour faster.
On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it had assessed “data and analyses that were not available in real time”, including surface pressure and winds.
The adjustment was “of little practical significance in terms of the impacts associated with the storm”, the NOAA said, but it did push the hurricane into the highest grading of storm.