It may only take one impactful storm to make a difference in a hurricane season, but Florida took two good impacts and one lesser one during the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
A disorganized storm crossed south Florida back in June before becoming Tropical Storm Alex just north of Grand Bahama Island.
The two largest were Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.
Ian hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on September 23 and was connected to 139 deaths, according to the Florida Medical Examiners (FME) office. Among those were 17 from Central Florida:
Lake – 2;
Orange – 3;
Osceola – 5; and
Volusia – 7.
By contrast, FME said Hurricane Nicole, which made landfall on November 11, was responsible for five deaths. Four of those were in Orange County and one was in Duval County.