The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now over. It was a near-normal season, but it was still a reminder of the importance of hurricane preparedness. The season began slowly, but activity peaked in the second half, with several major hurricanes making landfall in the Caribbean and the ...
Hurricane Idalia was the most damaging hurricane of the year, making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in Florida, resulting in eight direct fatalities and 3.6 billion U.S. dollars in damage. The above-normal 2023 hurricane season occurred during a strong El Nio event. ...
FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 03: Members of the City of Miami Florida Task Force 2 Search and Rescue team check homes for victims in the wake of Hurricane Ian on October 3, 2022 in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. The death toll in the state from Ian rose to at least 100 today fol...
According to NOAA estimates, between $3-$4 billion worth of damage was done during the 2023 hurricane season, making it the quietest season since 2015 - another El Niño year. Idalia was the only U.S. landfalling hurricane in 2023 Hurricane Idalia, which struck Florida’s Big Bend as ...
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Florida emergency-management workers aren’t approaching this year’s hurricane season as anything basic, but they are looking forward to what the new state director calls the ABCs --- “Anything But COVID.” As the six-month hurricane season officially begins June 1, the Florida Division of ...
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was predicted to be above-average, and that was borne out; a total of21 tropical cyclones, 20 of which were named stormsand seven of which were hurricanes, formed that year. On May 23, NOAA said the forthcoming season was likely to be record-breaking. ...
A Storm Surge Warning has been issued for the west coast of Florida from Flamingo northward to the Suwannee River, including Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the west coast of Florida from Bonita Beach northward to the mouth of the Suwannee River, includi...
But at this point, all signs point to a more active year than 2023, but then again, it wouldn’t take much for a season to outdo last year as it was the least impactful for the U.S. in nearly a decade. ENSO model forecast (FOX Weather) ...
An aerial picture taken on October 1, 2022, shows a broken section of the Pine Island Road, debris and destroyed houses in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images Hurricane season is months away, but the waters where hurricanes roam haven’t rec...