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October 9 – Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h), becoming the second major hurricane to strike Florida in under a two-week period. [221] The storm brought significant flooding and damaging winds to much of the state.
Doctors Inlet is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Florida, United States. [2] It is located near the intersection of County Roads 220 and 224, and is adjacent to the communities of Middleburg , Orange Park , and Lakeside .
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued many tropical cyclone warnings and watches in anticipation of Wilma. First, a hurricane watch was posted for the Florida Keys including Dry Tortugas and Florida Bay at 15:00 UTC on October 22.
When Hurricane Helene battered Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, one of the hardest-hit areas was the small town of Steinhatchee, which was overwhelmed by a 10-foot storm surge and 140 mph winds.
Georgia was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, causing over 34 reported deaths and significant rainfall across the state. After making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on September 27, the hurricane began to traverse over land across Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane prior to tracking into the Appalachian mountain range as a tropical storm.
Initially, forecasters predicted tides up to 14 feet (4.3 m) above normal along the East Coast of Florida, near the potential location of landfall. [2] However, the National Hurricane Center later noted that storm surge up to 10 feet (3.0 m) would occur along the East Coast of Florida, as high as 13 feet (4.0 m) in Biscayne Bay, and a height of 11 feet (3.4 m) of the West Coast of Florida.
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Hurricane Isabel produced a storm surge peaking at 8 feet (2.4 m) on the Chesapeake Bay in Hoopers Island and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) on the Atlantic coast in Ocean City. [12] The track of the hurricane to the west funneled into the bay and was so strong it negated the normal tide cycle in the bay.