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The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane (also known as the 1919 Key West hurricane) [1] was a massive and damaging tropical cyclone that swept across areas of the northern Caribbean Sea and the United States Gulf Coast in September 1919.
August 31 – Hurricane Gustav brushed the Florida Keys before tracking into central Louisiana. Rip currents from the hurricane killed four people in Florida. The storm also produced six tornadoes in the state. [82] September 5 – Hurricane Hanna passed east of the state while moving toward the Carolinas. Rip currents and high seas killed ...
Key West, like the rest of the Florida Keys, is vulnerable to hurricanes. In recent history, the island has been relatively unaffected by major storms. The most recent hurricane to impact Key West was Hurricane Irma, which made landfall in the Keys in the morning of September 10, 2017 as a Category 4 storm.
The Florida Keys was spared much of the damage that Hurricane Ian inflicted on Fort Myers and other areas of the state’s Gulf Coast, but the powerful storm brought significant surge to the ...
September 14-15, 1835 – Hurricane strikes Key West on the 14th and 15th. First good account of hurricane activity near Key West island as the island was sparsely populated before 1830. [21] [22] August 1, 1837 – East-central Florida is struck by a minimal hurricane which produces heavy rainfall and strong winds for northeastern Florida. [23]
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
A stranded vehicle sits in floodwaters on Flagler Avenue in Key West, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian brushed Key West on its way to the mainland, leaving flooded streets due to rain and ...
This caused the hurricane to track west across the Bahamas, towards the Florida Straits, and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico. [4] [6] It struck the Dry Tortugas of Florida on September 10 with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), ranking it as a Category 4 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. [4]