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Ivan—The Forgotten Hurricane?
The fifth anniversary of Hurricane Ivan is Wednesday, but many who survived the storm consider it the country’s forgotten hurricane.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. (September 15, 2009)—Weather experts recall Hurricane Ivan as the most powerful storm to approach the Gulf of Mexico from the southeast when it took aim at the Alabama and northwest Florida coasts in September of 2004.
It hit the rare Category 5 status three times and killed nearly 100 people.
With damages of more than $14 billion, it is still the fifth costliest hurricane in U.S. history.
Yet as its fifth anniversary arrives Wednesday, many who survived its devastation say they feel it is now America's "forgotten hurricane."
The next year, Hurricane Katrina eclipsed the widespread loss of life and property from Ivan that stretched from the Caribbean to points across the Southeast.
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Posted by: Lon
Location: KWTX
on Sep 16, 2009 at 06:29 AM
Yes, Ivan moved northeast after the first landfall, crossing through the southern Appalachians and Virginia, then moved off the mainland near the Delmarva peninsula. It was classified as an extratropical storm as it made an anticyclonic loop offshore, and then as an extratropical depression as it made a second landfall over Florida. It crossed Florida into the Gulf of Mexico, and regained tropical characteristics. It was upgraded to a tropical storm as it crossed the Gulf, making a final landfall near Lake Charles. Following Ivan's first landfall, it produced at least 119 tornadoes!
Posted by: sandra
on Sep 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Wasn't Ivan the storm that hit the U.S. twice? If not, which one did.
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