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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 ...
Jeff LaHurd was raised in Sarasota and is an award-winning historian. This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Sarasota history: Is a legend keeping Sarasota from direct storm hit?
October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The 1905, 1908, 1913, 1927, 1931, 1942, and 1943 seasons were the only years during the period in which a storm did not affect the state. The strongest and most intense hurricane to hit the state during the period was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane—the most potent on record to strike the United
Landfall is expected somewhere between Tampa Bay and Fort Myers, with the latest modeling suggesting that Milton's eye could strike near Sarasota. A major hurricane hasn’t hit Tampa Bay directly ...
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]
Helene would be Florida's 9th major hurricane hit since 2000 The storm is forecast to become a major hurricane, a Category 4, before approaching the Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, the National ...
Tracks of hurricanes over Florida from 1950 to 1974. 85 Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. state of Florida from 1950 to 1964. Collectively, tropical cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in about $7.04 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from Hurricanes Donna and Dora.