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Hurricane Ian was a devastating tropical cyclone which, at the time, 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.
The estimated cost of the damage to Hurricane Ian is expected to reach into the tens of billions of dollars, and Florida's already stressed insurance industry will bear the costs.
Ian wrought little structural impacts in Indian River County, although a loss of up to 100,000 cu yd (76,000 m 3) of sand was reported, with a replacement expected to cost nearly $4 million. In Osceola County , severe flooding affected or damaged some 900 businesses and 3,200 dwellings, leading to around $148 million in private property damages.
Former FEMA Administrator from 2009-2017 Craig Fugate joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the extent of the damage, how the storm compares to other hurricanes, and ...
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The number of $1 billion Atlantic hurricanes almost doubled from the 1980s to the 2010s, and inflation-adjusted costs have increased more than elevenfold. [1] The increases have been attributed to climate change, more people moving to coastal areas, [1] and the dramatic increase in construction costs since 1980. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Concert for Carolina was held a month to the day after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida before tearing up the Southeast and devastating parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North ...
If Ian strengthens to a Category 3 or higher before reaching the U.S. it would be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the area since October 2018, when Hurricane Michael made landfall in ...