LECTURE SERIES: HURRICANE IAN’S IMPACT ON THE COAST OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN THE CONTEXT OF A WARMING CLIMATE: LESSONS LEARNED FOR MANAGING RESILIENCE
Mound House 451 Connecticut St,, Fort Myers Beach, FL, United StatesHurricane Ian produced devastating effects associated with storm surge, a phenomenon of such severity not experienced in Southwest Florida since Hurricane Donna’s passage in 1960. Warm sea surface temperatures rapidly fueled the storm into a strong category 4 at landfall. This, coupled with its slow forward speed and Lee and Collier Counties’ position east of […]