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Hurricane Irma was the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the U.S. state of Florida, before being surpassed by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Irma also was the first major hurricane [nb 1] to strike the state since Wilma in 2005 and the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Charley in 2004.
In September 2017, Category 5 Hurricane Irma caused catastrophic damage, particularly to St. John and St. Thomas. Just two weeks later, Category 5 Hurricane Maria ravaged all three islands. Sustained winds at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge on St. Croix reached 99 to 104 mph (159 to 167 km/h) and gusted to 137 mph (220 km/h). [ 39 ]
Caneel Bay was a Rosewood Resort until the fall of 2013. The resort was a member of Leading Hotels of the World until it was devastated by a hurricane in 2017. Caneel Bay, prior to Hurricane Irma in 2017, was open 10 months a year (annual closure in September and October), and provided a variety of activities such as snorkeling and scuba diving ...
So how has the St. Johns River in Jacksonville been impacted by recent Irma, Ian and Nicole. Florida had some kind of year for hurricanes. So how has the St. Johns River in Jacksonville been ...
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma devastated the island of St. John with a direct hit as a Category 5 storm. [14] Less than two weeks later, Category 5 Hurricane Maria passed just south of St. John. [ 15 ] Although damage to Gifft Hill School's Upper Campus was too extensive to open to students right away, the school opened the Lower Campus ...
A flash flood emergency was in effect for Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater, the hurricane center said, after parts of the area were blasted with more than 16 inches of rain.
The parks were last closed in 2016 for Hurricane Matthew. While the parks survived the Category 4 storm with just minor damage, some visitors have tweeted photos of downed trees and flooding.
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.