Has a major hurricane ever hit Broward County (home to Ft. Lauderdale)?
In the last 100 years Broward was on the edge of the monster Great Miami Hurricane in 1926 (major damage was done in the southern half of the county), took a direct hit from a Category 4 storm in 1947, and had significant effect from a Category 3 storm in 1950. In 1964, 1999, and of course 2005 there were significant hurricane effects, but they weren’t what we call “major” hurricanes, defined as Category 3 and above on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
