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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.
The word Irmageddon was coined soon after the hurricane to describe the damage caused by the hurricane. [3] Irma developed from a tropical wave near the Cape Verde Islands on August 30. Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson wind scale by late on August 31.
Derelict boats in Boot Key Harbor, after Hurricane Irma. Boot Key Harbor is well protected from severe sea conditions and is popular with recreational boaters seeking refuge from storms. One reviewer labels it as "perhaps the best managed municipal mooring field in Florida." [2] However, in 2017, Hurricane Irma caused considerable damage. Over ...
Damage: $113 billion (2022 dollars) ... Elliot Key, Florida, about nine miles east of ... Andrew was the costliest hurricane in Florida’s history until Hurricane Irma passed it 25 years later ...
September 10 – Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph (210 km/h), followed hours later by a second landfall on Marco Island with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). The hurricane caused or contributed to at least 87 deaths in the state, with possibly over 400 deaths related to the storm.
The parks were last closed in 2016 for Hurricane Matthew. While the parks survived the Category 4 storm with just minor damage, some visitors have tweeted photos of downed trees and flooding.
The barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast was bruised by Hurricane Helene and ravaged by Milton.
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused extensive damage in the Caribbean and Florida. Lasting from late August to mid-September 2017, the storm was the strongest open-Atlantic tropical cyclone on record and the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands.