Sep 10, 2017
Major Hurricane Irma made landfall in Southwest Florida on Marco Island as a Category 3 hurricane around 330 PM EDT on September 10th. The storm traveled north through southwest Florida through the evening. Effects from Irma were felt across South Florida from September 9th through September 11th. Irma had reached Category 5 strength and a minimum central pressure of 914 MB east of the Bahamas, maintaining Category 5 intensity until landfall along the north coast of Cuba on September 9th. Irma m
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 723376). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hendry County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.