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Here are the rankings for the 20 most hurricane-vulnerable counties and their overall vulnerability scores (out of 100): Broward County, Florida, 72.70 Palm Beach County, Florida, 72.09
It might be easier to say what areas of the Sunshine State haven't felt some sort of impact from a tropical storm or hurricane. A total of 301 hurricanes hit the U.S. coast — from Texas to Maine ...
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 ...
Hurricane-wise the 1940s were among the state's busiest decades: 11 hurricanes struck from 1944–50, six of them major, including five Category 4 hurricanes in South Florida. Storms catalyzed development: impacts radiated societally, broaching complex political and socioeconomic topics, and lead to epochal changes such as flood control and ...
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Waffle House, along with other chains (such as Home Depot, Walmart, and Lowe's) which do a significant proportion of their business in the southern US where there is a frequent risk of hurricanes, have good risk management and disaster preparedness. Because of this, and the fact that a cut-down menu is prepared for times when there is no power ...
This year was the first time since 2005 that Florida recorded 3 hurricane landfalls. This hurricane season punched us harder than any in a generation. This year was the first time since 2005 that ...
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.