Hurricane Ivan

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Hurricane Ivan was a powerful, long-lived, and deadly tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States in September 2004. It became the most damaging hurricane to hit Grenada since Janet in 1955, when it passed just south of the island on September 7. The hurricane led to 39 fatalities and $1.1 billion in damage in the country. On three occasions while traversing the Caribbean Sea, Ivan became a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. On September 16, Ivan made landfall in the U.S. state of Alabama. Across the United States, Ivan left $20.5 billion in damage, which was the country's second-costliest hurricane at the time. The hurricane also killed 57 people, including 25 fatalities direclty related to the hurricane's impacts. While moving across the southeastern United States, Ivan produced the largest tornado outbreak associated with a tropical cyclone, with at least 118 confirmed twisters. The hurricane originated from a tropical wave that exited...

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