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Ian rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm before making landfall at Cayo Costa, Fort Myers Beach, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda as a high-end Category 4 storm, respectively. Ian killed 72 people in Lee County (the Fort Myers area) and nine in Charlotte County (the Punta Gorda area), and brought massive storm surge to Southwestern Florida ...
Every year included at least one tropical cyclone affecting the state. The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the period was Hurricane Andrew, which was one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States. Andrew, at the time, was the costliest tropical cyclone in United States history and remains the seventh-costliest.
October 2, 1951– Hurricane How hits Fort Myers, and produces flooding rains and winds of up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). The storm results in $2 million in damage (1951 USD, $17 million 2008 USD), which is the only reported damage in the United States during the year.
Hurricane Ian. Year: 2022. Location: Made landfall in Cayo Costa Island, Florida about 29 miles west of Fort Myers. Deaths: 156. Damage: $113 billion (2022 dollars). What happened: Classified as a ...
Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Irma, Maria, Sandy, Ida and Harvey. [65] [66]
Hurricane Donna will go down in history as one of SWFL's most damaging storms. Donna hit Naples and Fort Myers in September 1960. Historical hurricane photos: Category 4 Donna slammed Naples, Fort ...
Holly Harmon places a rose into a memorial for victims of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. More than 100 died during the hurricane, with the greatest number in Lee ...
The hurricane produces heavy rainfall, which causes damaging flooding along crop fields. Heavy damage is also reported from Fort Myers to Sarasota, and statewide damage from the hurricane totals about $31 million (1947 USD, $300 million 2008 USD). The hurricane causes 11 direct fatalities in the state, and is indirectly responsible for six more.