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Throughout the state, the hurricane kills three, of which one indirectly, and causes over $5 million (1964 USD, $35 million 2008 USD) in crop damage. [28] June 15, 1965– An unnamed tropical storm hits near Panama City, producing high tides and moderate rainfall peaking at 5.99 inches (152 mm) in Tallahassee. Damage from the storm is minor ...
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Irma, Maria, Sandy, Ida and Harvey. [65] [66]
Every year included at least one tropical cyclone affecting the state. The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the period was Hurricane Andrew, which was one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States. Andrew, at the time, was the costliest tropical cyclone in United States history and remains the seventh-costliest.
July 10–15 – Rip currents from Hurricane Barry killed a man in Panama City Beach. [168] July 23 – Lightning from Tropical Depression Three struck a woman in Aventura as the depression approached the state's southeast coast. [169] August 24 – The precursor low to Tropical Storm Erin moved across the southeastern portion of the state. [170]
September 11, 1903 – A hurricane moves ashore near Fort Lauderdale, and after emerging into the Gulf of Mexico it hits near Panama City. Moderate damage to structures and crops is reported across the state, with monetary damage totaling about $650,000 (1903 USD, $15.5 million 2008 USD), and nine lives are lost when a British schooner capsizes ...
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, ... and Shenike Bishop rest in a bus stop damaged by Hurricane Michael on Oct. 20, 2018 in Panama City, Florida ...
The 10 costliest Atlantic hurricanes as of January 2023.. As of November 2024, there have been 1,745 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity, 971 at hurricane intensity, and 338 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record. [1]
At that point, Andrew was just the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 1935 and was the most destructive and costliest hurricane in Florida history. Since then ...