Hurricane Ginger was the eighth tropical cyclone and fifth hurricane of the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. Spending 27.25 days as a tropical cyclone, Ginger is the second longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane on record. The hurricane, which lasted from September 5 to October 3, spent most of its life over the western Atlantic Ocean. The cyclone was the last target of Project Stormfury, which sought to weaken hurricanes by depositing silver iodide i...
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Hurricane Ginger was the eighth tropical cyclone and fifth hurricane of the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. Spending 27.25 days as a tropical cyclone, Ginger is the second longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane on record. The hurricane, which lasted from September 5 to October 3, spent most of its life over the western Atlantic Ocean. The cyclone was the last target of Project Stormfury, which sought to weaken hurricanes by depositing silver iodide into tropical cyclone rainbands. Ginger ultimately struck North Carolina, causing $10 million in damage (1971 USD) due to flooding, as it was one of the wetter tropical cyclones in the state's history.
In early September 1971, a series of upper level lows existed in the western Atlantic. A trough of low pressure existed across the Gulf of Mexico through the Bahamas, and various tropical systems formed from this, including Fern, Ginger, Heidi and two tropical depressions. As one upper level low sat over the Gulf Stream, it extended towards the...
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