Hurricane Ian (2022)

After crossing western Cuba, Ian's eye passed over the Dry Tortugas at 10 p.m. EDT on September 27, 2022, with 110-knot (127 mph) winds.¹ It made landfall on Cayo Costa, Florida, at 3:05 p.m. EDT on September 28 as a Category 4 hurricane with 130-knot (150 mph) winds, then again near Punta Gorda at 4:35 p.m. with 125-knot (144 mph) winds.¹ Its last landfall was near Georgetown, South Carolina, at 2:05 p.m. EDT on September 30 as a Category 1 hurricane with 70-knot (81 mph) winds.¹

Storm surge flooded Fort Myers Beach and Estero Island 10 to 15 feet above ground, eastern Sanibel Island 9 to 13 feet, and Estero, Bonita Springs and North Naples 8 to 12 feet.¹ Surge reached 6 to 9 feet in Cape Coral, Pine Island and Naples, and 4 to 6 feet in Georgetown and Horry counties, South Carolina.¹ An automated station in Punta Gorda measured a 117-knot (135 mph) gust before it stopped reporting.¹ Rain totaled 26.95 inches at Grove City and 21.49 inches at Daytona Beach, and the Peace, Myakka and Alafia rivers and Horse Creek crested at record levels.¹ Ian produced 15 tornadoes, 14 in Florida, rated EF0 to EF2.¹

In Lee County, at least 5,369 structures were destroyed and 14,245 had major damage, and an estimated 900 were destroyed on Fort Myers Beach alone.¹ Collier County had 33 buildings destroyed and over 3,500 with major damage, and at least 200 homes were destroyed in Charlotte County.¹ Ian destroyed 40 buildings and damaged 1,378 in Volusia County, and damaged about 4,100 structures in Osceola County.¹ NHC counts at least 156 deaths in the United States, and all 66 direct deaths were in Florida, 41 of them from storm surge.¹ NOAA estimates $112.9 billion in US damage, $109.5 billion of it in Florida.¹