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Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane, and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Ivan formed in early September and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS).
12 August 1938 - Hurricane Three passes over Grand Cayman as a Category 2 Hurricane. Winds in Grand Cayman topped at 95 mph (153 km/h), destroying nine houses and injuring several people. 24 August 1938 - Hurricane Four passes near Grand Cayman with winds reaching 56 mph (90 km/h) on Grand Cayman.
Throughout Jamaica, Hurricane Ivan killed 17 people and left $575 million in damage. Hurricane-force winds affected the entire island, while heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and flooding. [14] The storm destroyed 5,600 houses and damaged another 41,400, and most of the island's utilities were damaged. [1]
Two men walk past a building destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) On Sept. 2, 2004, a tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa.
The storm surge from the hurricane flooded all of the island of Grand Cayman. [1] After its eyewall became re-established Ivan attained Category 5 status for a third time early on September 13. Shortly thereafter, a trough created a weakness in the ridge to its north, causing the hurricane to turn to the northwest.
A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity but was forecast to still be near major-hurricane strength when it passes ...
These hurricanes affected the Cayman Islands. ... Hurricane Ivan; K. Hurricane Katrina (1981) ... This page was last edited on 23 August 2020, ...
Beryl was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone after it made landfall in Texas on Monday morning as a hurricane, with its path showing it to have impacts across the central US throughout the week