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August 13 – Hurricane Charley struck southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest landfall in the continental United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Its eye crossed Cayo Costa and later the mainland at Punta Gorda, before crossing the state with much of its intensity retained. A wind gust of 173 mph (278 km/h) was ...
Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019. [ 6 ] Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands .
Hurricane Nicole was a sprawling late-season Category 1 hurricane in November 2022. The fourteenth named storm and eighth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season , Nicole formed as a subtropical cyclone on November 7, from a non-tropical area of low pressure near the Greater Antilles , and transitioned into a tropical cyclone the next day.
Hurricane Ian. Year: 2022. Location: Made landfall in Cayo Costa Island, Florida about 29 miles west of Fort Myers. Deaths: 156. Damage: $113 billion (2022 dollars). What happened: Classified as a ...
The last storm in the season, Hurricane Nicole, made landfall on the coasts of the Bahamas and Florida. It was the first November hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Kate in 1985, and caused about $1 billion in damage in areas devastated by Ian six weeks earlier. Tropical cyclones during this season collectively caused at least 304 ...
PHOTO: A day after Hurricane Ian hit Florida's west coast as a Category 4 storm, wrecked ships (mostly shrimpers) can be seen at San Carlos Island in Fort Myers Beach on Sept. 29, 2022.
Hurricane Michael barreled into Mexico Beach, Florida, on Oct. 10 with peak winds of 160 mph – making it the strongest storm on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle. It was the first ...
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [3] June 5. Tropical Storm Alex at peak intensity west of Bermuda on June 5. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 4) at – Tropical Storm Alex forms from a low-pressure system about 85 mi (140 km) north of Grand Bahama Island. [nb 1] [12]