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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Coastal Sarasota, FL

Sep 10, 2017

Monetary losses do not include insured losses. Fatalities are preliminary until the Florida Medical Examiner releases the official information. This document will be updated once released. ||Hurricane Irma made landfall on Marco Island as a Category 3 hurricane on the afternoon of the 10th and traveled north through southwest Florida through the morning of the 11th. Prior to making landfall in southwest Florida, Irma had previously reached Category 5 strength and made landfalls in Cuba and the

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 721791). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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