Hurricane Ian
Ian was a major hurricane in the Atlantic basin.
Tropical Storm Ian formed on September 23rd, 2022 and tracked east across the Caribbean Sea for several days.
Ian strengthened into a hurricane early on September 26th. Ian began rapidly intensifying and twelve hours later became a category two storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
Early on September 27th, Hurricane Ian strengthened to a category three, major hurricane just prior to making landfall in western Cuba. Ian weakened slightly as it passed over Cuba.
As Hurricane Ian re-entered open waters, this time over the Gulf of Mexico, the storm began quickly re-intensifying. In the morning of September 28th, Ian became a category four hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa, Florida as a category four storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
The National Hurricane Center’s final report on Ian designates it a Category 5 storm, as its wind speed peaked at 161 mph before making landfall in southwestern Florida on Sept. 28, 2022.
Ian’s deadliest attribute was storm surge, with 41 total reported casualties from storm surge. Ian caused Florida $109.5 billion in damages, which makes it the costliest hurricane in Florida history, and the third costliest hurricane in the history of the United States, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Visit the National Hurricane Center for updated information and forecasts on Hurricane Ian.
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