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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 ...
Get the Fort Myers, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Health. Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. new; ... 2024 hurricane season ends after record-breaking storms ...
Get the Fort Myers, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Health. Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. News. ... Hurricane-force winds bear down on California, latest ...
The hardest-hit areas were in Lee County, where catastrophic damage occurred as Ian pushed a destructive 10–15 ft (3.0–4.6 m) storm surge into Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and Bonita Springs, just south of where its eye made landfall. [72]
Holly Harmon places a rose into a memorial for victims of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. More than 100 died during the hurricane, with the greatest number in Lee ...
Hurricane Ian was a devastating tropical cyclone which was the third costliest weather disaster on record worldwide. It was also the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Michael in 2018.
First street in downtown Fort Myers, Florida started to flood as Hurricane Milton passes by on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, encouraged residents in the ...
Less than 48 hours before Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall on Florida’s west coast, resources are pouring into the state to address inevitable power outages and rescue missions.