However, because of its proximity to the Jamaican coast, the island was battered with hurricane-force winds for hours. As Ivan approached the island late on September 10, it began a westward jog that kept the eye and the strongest winds to the south and west. Ivan weakened slightly as it moved west-northwest towards Jamaica. As it entered the Caribbean Sea, Ivan reintensified rapidly and became a Category 5 hurricane, just north of the Windward Netherlands Antilles ( Curaçao and Bonaire) and Aruba on September 9, with winds reaching 160 mph (260 km/h). The storm passed over Grenada on September 7, battering several of the Windward Islands. The eye of Hurricane Ivan as seen from the International Space Station on September 11, 2004.Īs it moved west, Ivan weakened slightly because of wind shear in the area. Ivan caused an estimated US$26.1 billion (equivalent to $40 billion in 2022) in damage along its path, of which $20.5 billion occurred in the United States. Ivan degenerated into a remnant low on September 24, before dissipating on the next day. The remnant low of the storm moved into the western subtropical Atlantic and regenerated into a tropical cyclone on September 22, which then moved across Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and then into Louisiana and Texas, causing minimal damage. Ivan dropped heavy rain on the Southeastern United States as it progressed northeastward and eastward through the Eastern United States, becoming an extratropical cyclone on September 18.
After peaking in strength, the hurricane moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Pensacola/ Milton, Florida and Alabama as a strong Category 3 storm, causing significant damage. Ivan caused catastrophic damage in Grenada as a strong Category 3 storm, heavy damage in Jamaica as a strong Category 4 storm, and then severe damage in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and the western tip of Cuba as a Category 5 hurricane. Ivan formed in early September, and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS). The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States.
Part of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season Windward Islands (especially Grenada), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Barbados, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Grand Cayman, Cuba, Yucatan Peninsula, Eastern United States, Florida, Alabama, most of the United States Gulf Coast, and Canada (Costliest in Grenada and Cayman Islands history) Ivan at peak intensity in the Yucatán Channel on September 13
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