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Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane, and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, Ivan formed in early September and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS).
The surge first affected Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces while Ivan was south of Jamaica. The offshore island of Cayo Largo del Sur recorded 16 ft (5 m) during the storm. [14] During Ivan, rainfall reached 13.33 inches (339 mm) in Isabel Rubio, and several areas recorded over 4 inches (100 mm). [14]
Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.
Two men walk past a building destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in Orange Beach, Ala., Friday, Sept. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) On Sept. 2, 2004, a tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa.
Hurricane Ivan on September 13, as a Category 5 hurricane. Shortly after peaking in intensity, the hurricane again weakened as it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle. [ 18 ] At 1415 UTC on September 12 Ivan passed 25 miles (40 km) south-southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands , where sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) were reported.
The hurricane damaged more than 14,000 homes and destroyed 30% of the houses, leaving about 18,000 people homeless. A total of 39 people were killed by the hurricane on the island. Elsewhere, Hurricane Ivan caused at least three fatalities and moderate damage in northern Venezuela. One person died each in Trinidad and Barbados.
The National Hurricane Center said Monday a broad area of low pressure is likely to develop in the Caribbean Sea in a few days. Storm tracker: NHC watching system in Caribbean Sea, two systems in ...
The last strong hurricane to hit the southeast Caribbean was Hurricane Ivan 20 years ago, which killed dozens of people in Grenada. Grenadian resident Roy O'Neale, 77, lost his home to Ivan and ...