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In the two months after Katrina struck south Florida, Hurricane Rita brushed the region in late September with tropical storm-force winds and flooding rains. [106] In late October, Hurricane Wilma struck southwestern Florida as a major hurricane, affecting the Miami area with hurricane-force winds that left 98% of south Florida without power. [107]
August 25 – Hurricane Katrina moved ashore southeastern Florida as a minimal hurricane, producing a peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. Heavy rainfall accompanied the hurricane, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, which caused flooding in the Miami metro area. About 1.4 million people lost power ...
The island community of roughly 1,300 residents suffered some of the worst storm-surge damage in Sarasota County and Southwest Florida after Milton made landfall about 20 miles north on Siesta Key ...
Prior to 1971, Stump Pass Beach State Park was known as Port Charlotte Beach State Recreation Area. On May 10, 1970 the park was transferred to the state of Florida from Charlotte county. The park opened to the public in 1971 with no services. Picnic pavilions, a boardwalk, outdoor showers, and restrooms were added to the park in 2000. [3]
Tunaskin was reportedly “the first official clothing store to open since the hurricane” in Fort Myers Beach despite the storm decimating the building and washing its inventory nearly two miles ...
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 ...
Englewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte and Sarasota counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,800, up from 14,863 at the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,800, up from 14,863 at the 2010 census.
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — Southern Sarasota County was hard hit by two hurricanes in two weeks. In Englewood, some residents experienced more than five feet of storm surge. As the surge came in ...