There's really no place that's 100 percent safe in Florida when it comes to hurricanes.
Even Orlando got hit twice in 2004 by hurricanes Charley and Frances.
And, although Florida enjoyed a more than 10-year hurricane drought after 2005’s Hurricane Wilma, Hurricane Hermine made landfall in the Florida Panhandle in 2016.
Still, Homeinsurance.com has ranked Florida's cities based on their evaluation of NOAA-identified storms from 1965 to October 2014, doling out scores based on the number of storm events, number of storm-related deaths, property damage and storm-related injuries.
The top 10 safest cities in Florida during a hurricane, according to the insurance study, are:
- Leesburg
- Orlando
- Sanford
- Kissimmee
- Palatka
- Lake City
- Naples
- Ocala
- Gainesville
- Fernandina Beach
The entire ranking is below.
Read more about the Home Insurance study here.
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