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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (pronounced /ˌpwɛrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" — literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States located in the...
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Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 hurricane that struck Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and North Carolina in September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season. It killed 109 people, left nearly 100,000...
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- Sep 9, 1989
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- Sep 25, 1989
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
The hurricane caused...
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- Aug 27, 1900
Dissipated:
- Sep 12, 1900
Great Hurricane of 1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as the Hurricane San Calixto II, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Over 27,500 people died when the storm passed through the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean between October 10 and October 16....
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- Oct 9, 1780
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- Oct 20, 1780
Hurricane Hortense
Hurricane Hortense was the eighth tropical storm, sixth hurricane, and second Category 4 hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. Lasting from September 3 to September 16, Hortense brought torrential flooding as it moved through the Lesser...
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- Sep 3, 1996
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- Sep 16, 1996
Hurricane Lenny
Hurricane Lenny was the 12th tropical storm, eighth hurricane, and fifth major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Lenny was the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in November, and quite unusual in that it moved west-to-east...
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- Nov 13, 1999
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- Nov 23, 1999
Hurricane Georges
Hurricane Georges (pronounced /ˈʒɔrʒ/) was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical cyclone made seven landfalls on its long track through the Caribbean and Gulf of...
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- Sep 15, 1998
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- Sep 29, 1998 ,
- Oct 1, 1998
Hurricane Donna
Hurricane Donna in the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was a Cape Verde-type hurricane which moved across the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, Cuba, The Bahamas, and every state on the East Coast of the United States. Hurricane Donna holds...
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- Aug 29, 1960
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- Sep 14, 1960
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was a Category 4 storm, the most intense hurricane of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm lasted from August 29 to September 10, 1974. Carmen caused significant damage on the Yucatán Peninsula and in Louisiana, and was the...
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- Aug 29, 1974
Dissipated:
- Sep 10, 1974
Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The system crossing the open Atlantic during mid to late August, moving to the north of the Lesser Antilles while...
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- Aug 25, 2004 ,
- Aug 24, 2004
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- Sep 10, 2004
Hurricane Frederic
Hurricane Frederic was the sixth tropical cyclone, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. Frederic was the costliest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Gulf Coast at that particular time. Starting with heavy...
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- Aug 29, 1979
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- Sep 15, 1979
Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Jeanne was the tenth named storm, the seventh hurricane, and the fifth major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the third hurricane and fourth named storm of the season to landfall in Florida. Jeanne formed as a...
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- Sep 13, 2004
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- Sep 28, 2004
Hurricane Marilyn
Hurricane Marilyn was the fifteenth tropical depression and thirteenth named storm of the unusually busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, following closely on the heels of Hurricane Luis. Hurricane Marilyn was the most powerful storm to hit the...
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- Sep 12, 1995
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- Sep 22, 1995
Hurricane David
Hurricane David was the fourth named tropical cyclone, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. A Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, David was among the deadliest hurricanes in the...
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- Aug 25, 1979
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- Sep 8, 1979
1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
The Okeechobee hurricane, or Hurricane San Felipe Segundo, was a deadly hurricane that struck the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Florida in September of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the second recorded hurricane to...
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- Sep 6, 1928
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- Sep 20, 1928
Hurricane Bertha
Hurricane Bertha was a strong, early season major hurricane which impacted areas from the Leeward Islands to Atlantic Canada. Bertha originated from a tropical wave which moved off the eastern coast of Africa in early July. By July 3, an area of low...
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- Jul 5, 1996
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- Jul 14, 1996
Tropical Storm Odette
Tropical Storm Odette was a rare off-season tropical storm that affected the Caribbean Sea in December 2003. The 15th tropical storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, Odette formed near the coast of Panama a few days after the official end of...
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- Dec 4, 2003
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- Dec 9, 2003
1899 Hurricane San Ciriaco
1899 Hurricane San Ciriaco, also known as the 1899 Puerto Rico Hurricane, was the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane and the tenth deadliest tropical cyclone in the basin. It was an intense and long-lived Atlantic Cape Verde-type hurricane which...
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- Aug 3, 1899
Dissipated:
- Sep 4, 1899
Hurricane Lili
Hurricane Lili was one of only four Atlantic tropical cyclones on record to reach hurricane status in the month of December. The final of thirteen tropical storms in the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season, Lili developed as a subtropical cyclone which...
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- Dec 12, 1984
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- Dec 24, 1984
Hurricane Erika
Hurricane Erika was the strongest and longest-lasting tropical cyclone in the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. Erika developed from a tropical wave on September 3 and moved west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean; it steadily...
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- Sep 3, 1997
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- Sep 20, 1997
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy was a Category 3 hurricane that struck the Leeward Islands, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas during the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season.
A tropical wave moved off the African coast and was near the Leeward Islands by August 9. The storm...
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- Aug 9, 1956
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- Aug 20, 1956
Hurricane Jose
Hurricane Jose was a Category 2 hurricane that affected the Leeward Islands between October 20 and October 25, 1999. It was the tenth named storm, and eighth hurricane of the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season.
Jose formed on October 17 while 400 miles ...
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- Oct 17, 1999
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- Oct 25, 1999
Tropical Storm Claudette
Tropical Storm Claudette was a long living tropical storm that produced heavy rain across Puerto Rico and Texas in late July 1979. The storm killed 2 people and left $1.1 billion (2005 USD) in damage. Claudette was one of three destructive storms of...
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- Jul 15, 1979
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- Jul 29, 1979
Nassau Hurricane of 1926
The Nassau Hurricane of 1926, also known as the Bahamas-Florida Hurricane of July 1926 and Hurricane San Liborio, was a destructive Category 4 hurricane that affected the Bahamas at peak intensity. Although it weakened considerably before its...
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- Jul 22, 1926
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- Aug 2, 1926
Tropical Storm Isabel
Tropical Storm Isabel was the ninth tropical storm of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm's track extended from the Caribbean Sea to the southeastern United States during the second week of October. Prior to developing into a tropical...
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- Oct 7, 1985
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- Oct 15, 1985
1915 Galveston Hurricane
The 1915 Galveston Hurricane was a deadly hurricane that struck Leeward Islands, Hispanola, Cuba and Texas, in mid August of the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season. Striking Galveston, Texas, 15 years after the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, its 21-ft (6.4-m...
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- Aug 5, 1915
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- Aug 23, 1915
Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby was a minimal Category 1 hurricane that formed in mid-to-late August of the year 2000. Debby formed east of the Windward Islands on August 19, 2000, becoming the seventh tropical cyclone of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season. The...
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- Aug 19, 2000
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- Aug 24, 2000
Tropical Storm Chris
Tropical Storm Chris was the fourth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on July 31 in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Leeward Islands from a tropical wave, Chris moved generally to the west-northwest, skirting the northern...
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- Jul 31, 2006
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- Aug 5, 2006
Tropical Storm Mindy
Tropical Storm Mindy was a weak tropical storm during October of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave near the Mona Passage, Mindy encountered moderate amounts of wind shear throughout its life. The storm reached a peak...
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- Oct 10, 2003
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- Oct 14, 2003
Hurricane Klaus
Hurricane Klaus was an Atlantic hurricane that hit the Leeward Islands from the west in November of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a broad area of low pressure on November 5, Klaus maintained a northeast movement throughout much of...
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- Nov 5, 1984
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- Nov 13, 1984
Tropical Depression Nine
Tropical Depression Nine was a weak tropical depression that developed and dissipated in the eastern Caribbean Sea in August 2003. It formed from a tropical wave on August 21 to the south of Puerto Rico, and was initially forecast to strengthen to...
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- Aug 21, 2003
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- Aug 22, 2003
Tropical Storm Dean
Tropical Storm Dean was a strong tropical storm that affected at least twelve islands along its path from the tropical Atlantic Ocean to east of Atlantic Canada. Dean developed from a tropical wave on August 22 over the Lesser Antilles, and was...
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- Aug 22, 2001
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- Aug 28, 2001
Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean was the fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season. Dean formed on July 31 and reached tropical storm status the following day east of the Leeward Islands. Dean brushed the Leeward Islands as a...
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- Jul 31, 1989
Dissipated:
- Aug 9, 1989
Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, peaking with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h). The fourth named storm of the season, it lasted roughly one week over the Atlantic Ocean, affecting Puerto Rico,...
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- Sep 13, 1982
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- Sep 20, 1982
1932 San Ciprian hurricane
The 1932 San Ciprian hurricane was a powerful Atlantic tropical cyclone that struck Puerto Rico during the 1932 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical cyclone, fourth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 1932 season, the San Ciprian...
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Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for seventh overall. Additionally, it made the third most intense Atlantic...
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- Aug 13, 2007
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- Aug 23, 2007 ,
- Aug 28, 2007
Hurricane Noel
Hurricane Noel was the fourteenth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Noel formed on October 27 from the interaction between a tropical wave and an upper-level low in the north-central Caribbean Sea. It...
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- Oct 28, 2007
Tropical Storm Olga
Tropical Storm Olga was the fifteenth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. In the second week of December, after the official end of the hurricane season, a low developed east of the northernmost Lesser Antilles. It slowly acquired...
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- Dec 11, 2007
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- Dec 13, 2007
1891 Martinique hurricane
The 1891 Martinique hurricane, also known as Hurricane San Magín, was an intense major hurricane that struck the island of Martinique and caused massive damage. It was the third hurricane of the 1891 Atlantic hurricane season and the only major...
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- Aug 18, 1891
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- Aug 25, 1891
Tropical Storm Fay
Tropical Storm Fay was a tropical storm and the sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Fay formed from a vigorous tropical wave on August 15 over the Dominican Republic. It passed over the island of Hispaniola, into the Gulf of...
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- Aug 15, 2008
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- Aug 27, 2008
Hurricane Kyle
Hurricane Kyle was the eleventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed from a strong tropical disturbance that tracked across the northeastern Caribbean Sea in the third week of September. As a low...
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- Sep 25, 2008
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- Sep 29, 2008
Hurricane Baker
Hurricane Baker was a major hurricane that affected the Leeward Islands, Greater Antilles, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. The tropical cyclone was the second intense hurricane, second hurricane, and second tropical storm of the 1950...
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- Aug 20, 1950
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- Sep 1, 1950
Hurricane Omar
Hurricane Omar was a strong hurricane which took an unusual southwest to northeast track through the eastern Caribbean Sea during October. Forming out of a tropical disturbance on October 13, Omar initially moved slowly in the eastern Caribbean Sea....
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- Oct 13, 2008
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- Oct 18, 2008
