 After emerging into the Straits of Florida on September 21 , Easy resumed intensification , before striking near Boca Chica Key , Florida , with winds of 120 mph ( 195 km / h ) . By early on September 22 , the system peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph ( 215 km / h ) . Shortly thereafter , another landfall occurred near Chokoloskee at the same intensity . Severe damage was reported in the state due to strong winds . The storm was considered the worst in Key West since 1919 . Throughout the state , 1 @,@ 200 homes were severely damaged or destroyed , while 40 businesses were demolished and 237 suffered impact . There were three deaths and about $ 12 million in damage , over half of which was inflicted on crops . The storm rapidly weakened while crossing the state and emerged into the Atlantic Ocean as only a Category 1 hurricane later on September 22 . Slight fluctuations in intensity occurred before the hurricane became extratropical early on September 24 , while located northwest of Bermuda . The remnants accelerated to the east @-@ northeastward and continued to weaken , before dissipating hundreds of miles east of Newfoundland on September 26 . 
