Hurricane Ian’s storm surge in Southwest Florida in 2022 – estimated at a peak of 15 feet in Fort Myers Beach – prompted emergency water rescues as the sun set, but still claimed 41 lives.

It was “the deadliest hurricane in the contiguous U.S. since Katrina in 2005,” according to the NHC. ‘Deathly dangerous’: Florida Democrats warn against job cuts at NOAA ahead of hurricane ...

NEW ORLEANS — Lt. Col. Sean Cross, chief of safety for the 403rd Wing of the Hurricane Hunters, is one of the few pilots who has been inside Hurricane Katrina.Keesler Airforce Base in Biloxi ...