What is Hurricane Ivan?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Hurricane Ivan | Type = major hurricane | Year = 2004 | Basin = Atl | Image location = Ivan 2004-09-13 1900Z (alternate).jpg | Image name = Hurricane Ivan at peak intensity in the [[Yucatán Channel]] on September 13 | alt = A picture of Hurricane Ivan | Formed = September 3, 2004 | Dissipated = September 29, 2004 | Remnant low = September 27 | 1-min winds = 155 | Pressure = 910 | Damages = 451100 | Inflated = 8 | Fatalities = 1,432 | Areas = [[Windward Islands]] (especially [[Grenada]]), [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Venezuela]], [[Barbados]], [[Jamaica]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Grand Cayman]], [[Cuba]], [[Yucatan Peninsula]], [[Eastern United States]], [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]], most of the [[United States Gulf Coast]], and [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurricane season = [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]] | Related = {{Hurricane Ivan related}} }} '''Hurricane Ivan''' was the strongest hurricane of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]]. The storm formed as a [[Cape Verde-type hurricane]] in early [[September]], and became the ninth named storm, the sixth [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]], and the fourth major hurricane of the year. Ivan reached Category 5 strength on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]], the highest possible category and the only one of the season. At the time it was the sixth most intense [[Atlantic hurricane]] on record. Ivan caused great damage to [[Grenada]], which it struck directly at Category 3 strength, and heavy damage to [[Jamaica]], [[Grand Cayman]], and the western tip of [[Cuba]]. After peaking in strength, it moved north-northwest across the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to make landfall as a strong Category 3 storm in the [[United States]], in [[Orange Beach, Alabama|Orange Beach]], [[Alabama]], causing very heavy damage there. Ivan dropped heavy rains on the southeastern [[United States]] as it looped across [[Florida]] and back into the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The remnant low from the storm regenerated into a new tropical system, which moved into [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]], causi