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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average Atlantic hurricane season that produced eleven tropical cyclones, nine named storms, three hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. [ 1 ] [ nb 1 ] It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones ...
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 ...
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
6:00 p.m. CDT (0000 UTC) – Hurricane Ida weakens to a tropical storm as it nears the United States Gulf Coast. [19] November 10. 3:00 a.m. CDT (0900 UTC) – Tropical Storm Ida transitions into an extratropical cyclone just before moving inland over southern Alabama. [19] November 30. The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends. [3]
A hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900 caused an estimated 8,000 to 12,000 deaths. ... Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office on Midway ...
A new storm could hit Florida by the middle of next week as a Category 3 hurricane, the latest punch in a relentless Atlantic hurricane season that's claimed at least 326 lives and caused $120 ...
The most-intense hurricane on record is Wilma in 2005, followed by Gilbert in 1988, the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, and Rita in 2005. (Compiled by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Frank McGurty and Rod ...
At the time, Hurricane Alicia is the costliest hurricane to impact Texas, not adjusting for inflation. [1] High rainfall totals are reported across Southeast Texas, with a peak of 9.5 in (240 mm) of rain in Liberty. The peak wind gust in Galveston is 102 mph (164 km/h). [20]