Flood in Florida

Events

1,580

Deaths

13

Injuries

2

Damage

$3.7 billion

• Hurricane and Tornadoes in Florida, September 9 to 14, 201738 deaths · $778 million · EF1 · 26 eventsMajor 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.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 9 to 10, 202418 deaths · 3 injured · $910 million · EF3 · 60 eventsHurricane Milton moved ashore the west-central Florida coast as a category 3 hurricane on Oct 9 around 1930EST.
• Hurricane and Tornado in Florida, September 27 to 30, 202216 deaths · $1.1 billion · EF0 · 46 eventsAfter making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
• Hurricane and Tornadoes in Florida, September 8 to 30, 201715 deaths · $2.4 billion · EF2 · 35 eventsMonetary 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 and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 6 to 7, 201611 deaths · 2 injured · $659 million · 23 eventsMajor Hurricane Matthew moved northwest from the eastern tip to Cuba, reaching the extreme western coast of Grand Bahama Island during the evening of October 6 at Category 4 strength.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, September 10 to 11, 201710 deaths · $1.4 billion · EF2 · 37 eventsHurricane Irma moved northward over the far western Florida peninsula between the afternoon of September 10 and the morning of September 11 at Category 1-2 strength.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, June 24 to 30, 20126 deaths · 8 injured · $27 million · EF2 · 40 eventsTropical Storm Debby lingered for several days over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and caused high winds and heavy rain before making landfall near Steinhatchee, FL on the 26th.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, August 21 to 23, 20086 deaths · EF0 · 22 eventsTropical Storm Fay moved slowly north out of Caribbean Sea, then cut across south and central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean. Fay then slowly curved west and made landfall in the vicinity for Flagler Beach and Daytona Beach on Aug 21st.
• Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, August 5 to 26, 20243 deaths · $154 million · 28 eventsHurricane Debby made landfall along the Taylor County coast as a Category 1 Hurricane on the morning of Monday August 5th. In addition to storm surge flooding along the FL Big Bend coast, around 12 inches of rainfall lead to widespread flooding in Madison and Taylor counties.
• Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, November 8 to 10, 20222 deaths · $496 million · 29 eventsHurricane Nicole made landfall near Vero Beach, Florida as a Category 1 Hurricane on Thursday, November 10, 2023 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
• Tornado and Tropical Storm in Florida, November 11 to 12, 20202 deaths · $52 million · EF0 · 35 eventsHurricane Eta originated from a tropical depression that formed in the central Caribbean Sea on October 31st.
• Storm Surge and Flash Flooding in Florida, June 6 to 7, 20163 deaths · 1 injured · $5,000 · 14 eventsTropical Storm Colin made landfall across the southeast big bend during the overnight hours of June 6-7. Damage was relatively minor across the region. In Leon county, seven roads were closed on Monday afternoon due to flooding.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Florida, September 28 to 30, 20223 deaths · 14 eventsHurricane Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 Hurricane on the SW Florida peninsula coast near Punta Gorda on Wednesday, September 28th.
• Tornado and Flooding in Florida, August 26 to 29, 20172 deaths · $1.9 million · EF0 · 7 eventsA trough of low pressure developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and passed east across the Florida Peninsula on the 26th through 28th of August, bringing abundant tropical moisture into the area.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, August 18 to 22, 20081 death · 4 injured · $4.0 million · EF2 · 23 eventsTropical Storm Fay affected South Florida on the 18th and 19th of August. The storm made landfall early in the morning of the 19th near Cape Romano, and moved over inland sections of South Florida during the morning and afternoon hours of the 19th, exiting the area near Lake…
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, August 16 to 17, 20211 death · $13 million · 61 eventsAfter moving across the Greater Antilles and weakening, the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred strengthened into a tropical storm once again in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall near Cape San Blas with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph on August 16th.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Florida, May 19 to 24, 20091 death · $69 million · 3 eventsHistoric flooding across eastern Volusia County occurred as a result of nearly a week of heavy rains. The rains began on May 17 as a late season frontal boundary stalled over the region.
• Tropical Storm and Flood in Florida, September 14 to 15, 20011 death · $5.0 million · 3 eventsTropical Storm warnings were issued for the east central Florida coast as Tropical Storm Gabrielle moved northeast from near Sarasota to just north of Cape Canaveral.
• Flooding in Florida, April 1 to 6, 20091 death · $3.7 million · 3 eventsRepeated heavy rainfall caused additional areal and riverine flooding in portions of Washington, Madison and Wakulla counties during the first week of April.
• Flooding and Heavy Rain in Florida, July 24 to 29, 20151 death · $1.6 million · 5 eventsAn area of low pressure developed along a weak frontal boundary over the eastern Gulf of Mexico late in the week and stretched across the northern Florida Peninsula during the weekend.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, September 10 to 11, 2017$4.0 million · EF2 · 34 eventsHurricane Irma's eye passed west of the local forecast area, with the region on the storm's turbulent east side.
• Flooding in Florida, October 3 to 4, 2000$950 million · 2 eventsOn October 2 and 3, 2000 a broad area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico off the southwest Florida coast moved northeast across central florida and eventually became subtropical depression number 1 then tropical storm Leslie off of the northeast Florida coast.
• Flooding in Florida, March 10 to 30, 1998$367 million · 17 eventsCalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Jackson counties were declared federal disaster areas. Nearly 6 inches of rain from March 8-9 caused urban/small stream flooding in Bayou George and much of the north and northwest Bay County.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, September 1 to 6, 2016$219 million · 27 eventsHermine formed in the Florida Straits south of Key West on August 28th. It remained a very disorganized tropical depression for a few days before the environment around it gradually became more favorable and it became a tropical storm late in the day on the 30th.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Florida, April 29 to 30, 2014$18 million · EF1 · 50 eventsA strong long wave trough was centered over the mid Mississippi Valley extending south to the Gulf coast with several shortwaves rotating around it.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.