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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Coastal Sarasota, FL

Sep 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian formed in the central Caribbean Sea on September 23 and moved through the western Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic making four separate landfalls. The first landfall was in the Pinar Del Rio Province of Cuba at 0830 UTC on September 27 with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and a minimum pressure of 952 mb, before emerging into the Gulf of Mexico later that morning. Ian made its second landfall -- and first in Florida -- at 1905 UTC (2:05 PM EST) on September 28

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1058657). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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