Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a furious Category 4 storm taking the lives of at least 100. The strong winds and floods destroyed hundreds of houses and businesses and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. Some residents of island communities were cut off from the mainland.
Ian caused the most significant hurricane loss in Florida history, with total economic damage of $100 billion.
Sheets of rain and record-breaking floods continue to wreak havoc around the world, but in parallel, volcanic and seismic activity in the Ring of Fire peaked in September:
- 7.6 M earthquake in Michoacan, Mexico (September 19)
- 7.6 M earthquake in the Eastern New Guinea region (September 10)
- 7.0 M earthquake Southeast of the Loyalty Islands (September 14)
- 6.9 M earthquake in Taiwan (September 18)
- 6.9 M earthquake in the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (September 4)
On September 19, 1985, an earthquake killed 10,000 people in Mexico City. On September 19, 2017