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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.
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]
CNN’s Anderson Cooper was struck in the face by flying debris Wednesday during a live broadcast on Hurricane Milton in Bradenton, Florida. Cooper was detailing the rising winds and increasingly ...
In Caye Caulker and San Pedro, Keith damaged the roofs of about 90% of houses and damaged or destroyed 676 houses, [28] leaving 3,279 people homeless. [42] About 50% of the houses in Caye Caulker were destroyed, [35] [45] In San Pedro, about 30% of houses, [35] or at least 50, were wrecked. [45] On Ambergris Caye, four airplanes were destroyed ...
Cooper, known for his on-site coverage of hurricanes, took the incident in stride and continued his report of the water from the Manatee River rising above the river bank and onto the walkway above.
At that point, Andrew was just the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 1935 and was the most destructive and costliest hurricane in Florida history. Since then ...
[3] [nb 2] This storm was the only known hurricane to strike Belize in the month of November. [5] At about 0000 UTC on November 9, the storm struck Caye Caulker and then northern Belize District at the same intensity. [2] An observatory in Belize City recorded a barometric pressure of 991 mbar (29.3 inHg) – the lowest in association with this ...