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Hurricane Frances By the Numbers on the Treasure Coast* Date, Time of landfall: 1 a.m., Sept. 5, 2004. Landfall location: Near Sewall's Point in Martin County on the southern end of Hutchinson ...
Hurricane Nicole roared ashore on Hutchinson Island, eroding the beach and damaging shoreline homes.
September 5 – Hurricane Frances made landfall along the southern end of Hutchinson Island as a Category 2 hurricane, and moved slowly across the state, making a second landfall along the gulf coast near New Port Richey. Wind gusts reached 108 mph (174 km/h) at Fort Pierce.
St. Lucie County officials plan to make decisions on closing bridges to Hutchinson Island and possible school ... FORT PIERCE — With winds and rain from Hurricane Milton expected on the Treasure ...
The hurricane strengthened slightly further, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (190 km/h). Jeanne made its final landfall on Hutchinson Island, Florida at the same time around 04:00 UTC on September 26. It quickly weakened after moving inland and fell to tropical storm intensity only 14 hours later.
Hurricane Frances was the second most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic during 2004 and proved to be very destructive in Florida. It was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.
Around the eye of Hurricane Andrew, which destroyed more than 63,000 homes in south Florida in 1992, the heat energy released was 5,000 times the heat and electrical power generation of nuclear ...
On Hutchinson Island, many eggs and nests of Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas, respectively, were destroyed. One man was electrocuted as a result of the storm near Orlando. [16] Another man was injured while attempting to land his plane in high winds. [17] Throughout the state, overall damage was generally insignificant. [16]