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Flooding and Damage from Hurricane Ian in North Port, Sarasota County. The most impacted areas of the western coast were in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Sarasota County reported extensive tree and structural damage due to wind, as well as significant flooding in inland areas, specifically in and around Venice and North Port. [70]
Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019. [ 6 ] Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands .
As Hurricane Ian began battering Florida, ... WATCH: Harrowing videos of Hurricane Ian as the category 4 storm moves in on Florida. Theresa Braine. September 28, 2022 at 2:13 PM.
The protest was one of the largest in Sarasota's history. [70] On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in the State of Florida. The Category 5 hurricane had a 200-mile wind field that caused winds exceeding 85 miles per hour within Sarasota County.
Sarasota and Manatee counties are now under a hurricane warning, as Hurricane Ian's sustained winds grow dramatically to 100 mph, with higher gusts. Live Updates: Hurricane Ian now Category 2 ...
Hurricane Ian killed at least 148 people in Florida in September. Many of those deaths were preventable, an NBC News investigation found.
Sarasota has long history of avoiding catastrophic storms. Hurricanes caused havoc in varying degrees in 1926, 1944 and 1950, as well as Donna in 1960. Charley was a near-miss in 2004 when its ...
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Irma, Maria, Sandy, Ida and Harvey. [65] [66]