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"Lee County, Florida (No. 36), for instance, was devastated by Hurricane Ian in 2022." Of the 318 counties that were given a hurricane risk score, these counties have the lowest annual financial ...
Hurricane Irma was the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the U.S. state of Florida, before being surpassed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Irma also was the first major hurricane [nb 1] to strike the state since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Charley in 2004.
August 25 – Hurricane Katrina moved ashore southeastern Florida as a minimal hurricane, producing a peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. Heavy rainfall accompanied the hurricane, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, which caused flooding in the Miami metro area. About 1.4 million people lost power ...
Palatka (/ p ə ˈ l æ t k ə / ⓘ) is a city in and the county seat of Putnam County, Florida, United States. Palatka is the principal city of the Palatka Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to 72,893 residents. The Palatka micropolitan area is included in the Jacksonville—Kingsland–Palatka, FL-GA Combined Statistical Area.
Ruined furniture, drywall, personal belongings and other debris line a side street in Holmes Beach, Florida on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton. The linger debris is from Hurricane ...
As of Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center is predicting Florida’s west coast could see up to three inches of storm surge. There is no storm surge risk for Florida’s east coast, as of ...
Hurricane-wise the 1940s were among the state's busiest decades: 11 hurricanes struck from 1944–50, six of them major, including five Category 4 hurricanes in South Florida. Storms catalyzed development: impacts radiated societally, broaching complex political and socioeconomic topics, and lead to epochal changes such as flood control and ...
Sunday night, the National Hurricane Center called for Tropical Storm Idalia to strike Florida’s Big Bend area as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday, bringing 100 mph winds and up to 11 feet of ...