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to insured property Indian River County. Hurricane Wilma of October 2005. Wilma made landfall in southwestern Florida near Cape Romano as a Category 3 hurricane on October 24 with sustained winds estimated to be around 120 mph. The hurricane crossed the southern Florida peninsula in 4.5 hours, with the center emerging into the Atlantic just southeast of Jupiter. Maximum winds had decreased to near 109 mph (Category 2) during the crossing of Florida. Because the hurricane moved quickly across the southern Florida peninsula, however, the rain amounts were not very large in Florida and storm totals ranged generally from 3 to 7 inches. Some locations in southeast Florida had totals of only 1 to 2 inches -- or less. Wilma produced 10 tornadoes over the Florida peninsula on 23-24 October: one each in Collier, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River, Okeechobee, and Polk Counties, and four in Brevard County. Tropical Storm Ernesto of August 2006. Ernesto made landfall at Plantation Key, Florida, in the upper Florida Keys, as a tropical storm with winds of 46 mph. The storm moved northward along the center of the Florida peninsula and within a weakness in the mid-level ridge, and the cyclone passed over Lake Okeechobee gradually turning and emerging over the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral, Florida. The storm dropped 3-6 inches of rain in many areas near the path of the storm's center, from the Cape Canaveral area to Lake Okeechobee, in portions of southwestern Florida, and in isolated spots in the Upper Florida Keys. Tropical Storm Fay of September 2008. Fay was a long-lived tropical storm that made eight landfalls — including a record four landfalls in Florida (Key West, Cape Romano, Flagler Beach and Carrabelle) — and produced torrential rainfall that caused extensive floods across the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and Florida. Heavy rainfall was the most notable hazard caused by Tropical Storm Fay. Melbourne, Florida broke a 50 -year old record for a rainfall event. There were numerous rainfall reports of more than 20 in reported across east -central Florida and amounts in excess of 10 in were common elsewhere across the central and northern Florida. Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 24