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One person went missing there after taking refuge on his boat during the storm. Storm surge flooded the marina clubhouse with about 2 ft (0.61 m) of water. [68] Throughout Marathon, the hurricane caused minor damage to 829 homes, dealt major damage to 1,402 homes, and destroyed 394 homes.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, and the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion ( USD ). [ nb 1 ] The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. [ nb 2 ] Most of the season's damage was due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma ...
October 3 – Hurricane Lili makes landfall on southern Louisiana, and drops 1.04 inches (26 mm) of rainfall in Pensacola. [ 25] October 11 – Tropical Storm Kyle turns northward to the east of the state, producing up to 2.05 inches (52 mm) of precipitation in Fernandina Beach and a light storm surge.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Irma. 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 ...
Atlantic-Gulf Hurricane 1919.This hurricane moved into the Straits of Florida on Sept. 9, 1919. As a Category 4, its eye passed just south of Key West and the Dry Tortugas on Sept. 10.
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in early September 2017. Irma was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Maria two weeks later. At the time, it was considered the most powerful hurricane on record in the open Atlantic ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane seasonwas an event in the annual tropical cycloneseason in the north Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic hurricane seasonsaw above-normal activity;[nb 1]it was the seventh most active season on record and the most active since 2005.[2] The season officially began on June 1, 2017 and ended on November 30, 2017.