It then rapidly intensified into a high-end Category 3 hurricane within a 24-hour period, culminating in a landfall in western Cuba.
It became organized as a tropical depression on the morning of September 23, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Ian early the next day while located southeast of Jamaica. The wave moved into the Caribbean Sea on September 21, bringing gusty winds and heavy rain to Trinidad and Tobago, the ABC islands, and to the northern coast of South America. Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and then across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands. It was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Ian caused widespread damage across western Cuba and the southeast United States, especially the states of Florida and South Carolina.
It was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. Hurricane Ian was a large and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane. Part of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, ABC islands, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Southeast United States (especially Florida and The Carolinas) ( Extratropical after September 30, 2022)Īt least 131 direct (+6 indirect) Hurricane Ian at peak intensity while approaching southwest Florida on September 28
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