Hurricane Paths Florida History
Find the tracks of florida s most powerful hurricanes including okeechobee 1928 labor day 1935 katrina hurricane king hurricane betsy hurricane eloise hurricane elena hurricane andrew hurricane opal hurricane charley hurricane ivan hurricane jeanne hurricane dennis and hurricane wilma.
Hurricane paths florida history. The site developed by the noaa office for coastal management in partnership with noaa s national hurricane center and national centers for environmental information offers data and information on coastal county hurricane strikes through 2016. This hurricane caused heavy casualties and extensive destruction along its path from the leeward islands to florida. The worst tragedy occurred at inland lake okeechobee in florida where the hurricane caused a lake surge of 6 to 9 ft that inundated the surrounding area. Most readers will have at least some memory of the devastation left behind hurricane andrew in the early 90s.
Florida hurricanes and tropical storm maps. Hurricane irma is the worst hurricane to have hit the fort myers naples area in recent history in 2017. In 1992 hurricane andrew rampaged through south florida causing 65 deaths and more than 26 billion in damage destroying more than 28 000 homes and damaging at least 107 000 others the storm. Hurricane irma was the most powerful atlantic hurricane in recorded history.
Noaa office for coastal management historical hurricane tracks. These maps are separated by year and by decade by named storm so that one storm s route can be viewed as it moved and other florida hurricane maps most of them noaa images and pictures showing hurricanes approaching and affecting florida. State and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. As of 2017 79 tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the u s.
Collectively cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10 000 deaths most of which occurring prior to the. As a category 4 hurricane irma caused more than 64 billion in damages with winds of up to 150 mph and huge storm surges around the coast. The list of florida hurricanes from 2000 to the present has been marked by several devastating north atlantic hurricanes. Category 4 and 5 hurricane tracks that crossed over the state of florida between 1910 and 2018.
Noaa s historical hurricane tracks is a free online tool that allows users to track the paths of historic hurricanes. Over 195 maps of hurricanes and tropical storms that have been near florida. Andrew was a category 5 hurricane the most destructive hurricane to hit florida it was the fifth costliest hurricane in our country s history with damages of more than 25 billion.