Hurricane Earl Path Florida And The Gulf Of Mexico

Hurricane Ivan was the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded The cyclone was also the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season Ivan formed as a Cape Verde type hurricane in early September and became the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane, and the fourth major hurricane of the year.


At its peak in the Gulf of Mexico Ivan was the size of the state of Texas It also spawned 117 tornadoes across the eastern United States he remnant low from the storm moved into the western subtropical Atlantic and regenerated into a tropical cyclone which then moved across Florida and the Gulf of Mexico into Louisiana and Texas causing minimal damage.


The Hurricane Center projects that Hurricane Earl will pass over or near the northern Leeward Islands either Sunday night or on Monday Leeward Islands is expected to receive around 3 to 5 inches of total rainfall with a possibility of a maximum of 8 inches of rainfall accumulation.