Florida is the most hurricane-ravaged state in the country due to its unique geography.
, from October 2018. Michael — the first Category 5 hurricane to hit Florida since Andrew — brought winds of 160 mph and obliterated miles of coastline. The hurricane, the third-strongest in state records, killed 49 people and caused more than $25 billion of damage.
Hurricane Ian could be the first significant hurricane in Florida since Michael in 2018, although intense storms have lashed other parts of the Atlantic basin. The past two hurricane seasons, which turned out to be some of the most active on record, surprisingly left Florida unscathed despite multiple nearby storms.Although years bring more hurricanes than others, research does not indicate a clear long-term trend in the number of tropical storms.
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