The Track of Hurricane Ian (2022)

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My analysis of the hurricane season may differ from official reports. For official intensities and data, please visit nhc.noaa.gov Hello and welcome to my most exciting project yet! This is a big and hopefully quality animation! This animation will cover the exciting track of Hurricane Ian, a storm that occured in late September of this year. I want to thank you all for the eager anticipation of this animation. I hope that what I put out is what you hoped for! Thanks to Wikipedia contributors for the description: Hurricane Ian was a large and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane.[3] Ian caused widespread damage across western Cuba and the southeast United States, especially the states of Florida and South Carolina. It was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of western Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands. The wave moved into the Caribbean Sea on September 21 bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to Trinidad and Tobago, the ABC islands, and the northern coast of South America. It became a tropical depression on the morning of September 23 and strengthened into Tropical Storm Ian early the next day while it was southeast of Jamaica. Rapidly intensifying into a high-end Category 3 hurricane within 24 hours Ian made landfall in western Cuba. Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding across Cuba resulting in a nationwide power outage. Ian lost a minimal amount of strength while over land and soon re-strengthened while over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. It became a high end Category 4 hurricane early on September 28, 2022, while progressing towards the west coast of Florida, and made landfall just below peak intensity in southwest Florida on Cayo Costa Island. It has tied with several other storms becoming the 5th-strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States.[4] After moving inland Ian rapidly weakened to a tropical storm before moving back offshore into the Atlantic. It regained intensity and became a hurricane before making its second landfall in South Carolina. Ian became extratropical shortly after landfall and gradually weakened before dissipating over southern Virginia on October 2. Hurricane Ian caused at least 157 fatalities with 5 people in Cuba,[5] 146 in Florida,[2] 5 in North Carolina,[6] and 1 in Virginia[7] as of November 1, according to local officials. Ian caused catastrophic damage with losses estimated to be more than over $50 billion. Much of the damage was from flooding brought about by a storm surge of 10–15 ft (3.0–4.6 m).[8] The cities of Fort Myers Beach and Naples were particularly hard hit. Millions were left without power in the storm's wake, and numerous inhabitants were forced to take refuge on their roofs. Sanibel Island and Pine Island were hardest hit by the storm surge, which destroyed numerous structures and damaged both the Sanibel Causeway and the bridge to Pine Island.