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Tampa Bay's complete guide to Storm Season 2024
TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Season is back! This comes off of a 2023 season that had 20 named storms and was ranked 4th for the most-named storms in a year since 1950. During the 2023 Hurricane Season, Florida only had one major storm impact the state, and that was Hurricane Idalia. It made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 on August 30th near Keaton Beach, Florida. The powerful storm left a trail of debris. In the town of Horseshoe Beach, houses were split in half and canals were filled with cars and debris. Water rushed into nearby cities and towns like Steinhatchee. The storm surge levels reached levels near 10-feet! Devastating storm surge was seen across Taylor and Dixie Counites as well.
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