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The Bahamas
The Bahamas (pronounced /ðə bəˈhɑːməz/), officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an English-speaking country consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Caribbean Sea,...
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Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was the final and third most powerful of three Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew caused 65 deaths along...
Indirect fatalities:
- 39
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 16, 1992
Affected areas:
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- 65
Dissipated:
- Aug 28, 1992
Highest winds:
- 280 km/h (174 mph )
Direct fatalities:
- 26
Lowest Pressure:
- 922 mbar (13.4 psi )
Category:
Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd triggered the third largest evacuation in US history (behind Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Rita, respectively) when...
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Formed:
- Sep 7, 1999
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- Sep 19, 1999
Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. The ninth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6 in the tropical...
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Formed:
- Sep 6, 2003
Dissipated:
- Sep 20, 2003
New England Hurricane of 1938
The New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane or Long Island Express or simply The Great Hurricane of 1938) was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The storm formed near the coast of Africa in September of...
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Formed:
- Sep 10, 1938
Dissipated:
- Sep 22, 1938
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the strongest tropical cyclone during the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the most intense landfalling U.S. hurricanes in recorded American History. The second tropical cyclone, second hurricane, and second...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 29, 1935
Dissipated:
- Sep 10, 1935
Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest and most costly hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the deadliest and costliest storms of the 20th century. The hurricane killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the United...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 5, 1954
Dissipated:
- Oct 17, 1954 ,
- Oct 18, 1954
Hurricane Michelle
Hurricane Michelle was the 13th named storm and the strongest hurricane of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. Michelle developed from a tropical wave that moved across the Atlantic, and formed into tropical depression fifteen on the 29 October....
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 29, 2001
Dissipated:
- Nov 6, 2001
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy was a powerful hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. Betsy made its most intense landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant...
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Formed:
- Aug 27, 1965
Dissipated:
- Sep 14, 1965
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...
Formed:
- Aug 29, 1960
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- Sep 14, 1960
Hurricane Inez
Hurricane Inez was a deadly and powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that carved an erratic path through the Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas, Florida, and Mexico in 1966. Forming unusually far east for late in the season, Inez is among...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 21, 1966
Dissipated:
- Oct 11, 1966
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 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...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 13, 2004
Dissipated:
- Sep 28, 2004
Hurricane Gracie
Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season and the most intense to strike the United States since Hurricane Hazel in 1954. The system was first noted as an area of...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 20, 1959
Dissipated:
- Sep 30, 1959
Hurricane Klaus
Hurricane Klaus was a minimal Atlantic hurricane that dropped heavy rainfall across the Lesser Antilles in October 1990. The eleventh tropical cyclone and sixth hurricane of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Klaus developed from a tropical wave on...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 3, 1990
Dissipated:
- Oct 9, 1990
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 25, 1979
Dissipated:
- Sep 8, 1979
Hurricane Ginger
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 5, 1971
Dissipated:
- Oct 3, 1971
1926 Miami Hurricane
The 1926 Miami Hurricane (or Great Miami Hurricane) was a Category 4 hurricane that devastated Miami, Florida in September 1926. The storm also caused significant damage in the Florida Panhandle, the U.S. state of Alabama, and the Bahamas. The storm...
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Formed:
- Sep 6, 1926 ,
- Sep 11, 1926
Dissipated:
- Sep 22, 1926
Hurricane Carol
Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones to affect New England, United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, and gradually strengthened as it moved northwestward. On August 27, Carol intensified to...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 25, 1954
Dissipated:
- Sep 1, 1954
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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Formed:
- Sep 6, 1928
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- Sep 20, 1928
1919 Florida Keys Hurricane
The Florida Keys Hurricane or Atlantic Gulf Hurricane of 1919 was an intense Atlantic hurricane, killing over 600 people as it moved through the Florida Keys and Texas. The second tropical cyclone of the 1919 hurricane season, it moved through the...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 2, 1919
Dissipated:
- Sep 14, 1919
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 3, 1899
Dissipated:
- Sep 4, 1899
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall.
Hurricane Katrina...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 23, 2005
Total fatalities:
- 1,833
Damages:
Dissipated:
- Aug 31, 2005 ,
- Aug 30, 2005
Highest winds:
- 280 km/h (174 mph )
Lowest Pressure:
- 902 mbar (13.1 psi )
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Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. Rita was the...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 17, 2005
Dissipated:
- Sep 26, 2005 ,
- Sep 24, 2005
1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane
The Fort Lauderdale Hurricane (or Pompano Beach Hurricane) was an intense Category 5 hurricane that affected the Bahamas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi in September of the 1947 Atlantic hurricane season. The fourth tropical cyclone, third...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 4, 1947
Dissipated:
- Sep 21, 1947
Tropical Storm Tammy
Tropical Storm Tammy was a short lived tropical storm during October in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which caused minor damage to the southeastern United States. More significant, however were its remnants which contributed to the Northeast U...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 5, 2005
Dissipated:
- Oct 6, 2005
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 15, 2005
Dissipated:
- Oct 25, 2005 ,
- Oct 26, 2005
Gale of 1878
The Gale of 1878, was an intense Category 2 hurricane that caused extensive damage from Cuba to New England.
A tropical storm formed off the coast of Jamaica on October 18, 1878, and moved nearly due north. On October 20, the storm reached hurricane...
Formed:
- Oct 18, 1878
Dissipated:
- Oct 25, 1878
Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene was a hurricane that produced somewhat heavy damage across southern Florida during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. The ninth tropical storm and the sixth hurricane of the season, Irene developed in the western Caribbean Sea on...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 13, 1999
Dissipated:
- Oct 19, 1999
Hurricane Dennis
Hurricane Dennis of the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season was a Category 2 hurricane that was erratic in both track and intensity. Although it never made landfall as a hurricane, the storm was responsible for producing hurricane force winds along the...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 24, 1999
Dissipated:
- Sep 7, 1999
Hurricane Erin
Hurricane Erin was the fifth named tropical cyclone and the second hurricane of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Erin began as a tropical wave, from the coast of Africa, on July 22, became a tropical storm on July 31, and...
Season:
Formed:
- Jul 31, 1995
Dissipated:
- Aug 6, 1995
Hurricane Lili
Hurricane Lili, a Category 3 hurricane during the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, caused considerable damage across Central America, Cuba, and the Bahamas, and left £150 million in damage in the United Kingdom.
A tropical depression formed off the...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 14, 1996
Dissipated:
- Oct 29, 1996
Hurricane Emily
Hurricane Emily was the only major hurricane to develop during the below-average 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming out of a tropical disturbance that moved off the west coast of Africa on September 20, the storm quickly attained hurricane...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 20, 1987
Dissipated:
- Sep 26, 1987
Tropical Storm Franklin
Tropical Storm Franklin was a tropical storm over the western Atlantic Ocean during July of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the sixth named storm of the season and twice approached hurricane strength.
The storm formed over the Bahamas on...
Season:
Formed:
- Jul 21, 2005
Dissipated:
- Jul 29, 2005
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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Formed:
- Aug 9, 1956
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- Aug 20, 1956
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Jul 22, 1926
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- Aug 2, 1926
1929 Florida Hurricane
The 1929 Florida Hurricane (also known in the Bahamas as the Great Andros Island Hurricane) was the second hurricane and the only major hurricane during the very inactive 1929 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane was the only hurricane to cause...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 22, 1929
Dissipated:
- Oct 4, 1929
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Jul 31, 2006
Dissipated:
- 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...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 10, 2003
Dissipated:
- Oct 14, 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...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 22, 2001
Dissipated:
- Aug 28, 2001
Hurricane Bill
Hurricane Bill was the fifth largest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, attaining a maximum gale-diameter of 460 mi (740 km). A Cape Verde type hurricane, Bill originated in a tropical wave that emerged from the western coast of Africa on August...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 15, 2009
Dissipated:
- Aug 24, 2009
Hurricane Able
Hurricane Able was the strongest recorded hurricane outside of the typical Atlantic hurricane season. The first tropical cyclone of the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, Able developed from a trough of low pressure on May 15 about 300 miles (480 km)...
Season:
Formed:
- May 15, 1951
Dissipated:
- May 23, 1951
Hurricane Floyd
Hurricane Floyd was the thirteenth tropical depression, seventh storm and third hurricane of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd became the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States in 1987, causing damage in Cuba, Florida, and The...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 9, 1987
Dissipated:
- Oct 13, 1987
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the twenty-first tropical depression, eleventh named storm and seventh hurricane of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season. During its lifetime, Katrina affected the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the Bahamas, causing the death of two...
Season:
Formed:
- Nov 3, 1981 ,
- Aug 29, 2005
Dissipated:
- Nov 8, 1981
Subtropical Storm Andrea
Subtropical Storm Andrea was the first named storm and first subtropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed out of a previously non-tropical low on May 9 about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, three...
Season:
Formed:
- May 9, 2007
Dissipated:
- May 11, 2007
Hurricane Olga
Hurricane Olga was a late season Category 1 Atlantic hurricane that formed during the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifteenth named storm, ninth and final hurricane of the 2001 season, Olga formed as a subtropical cyclone on November 24 and...
Season:
Formed:
- Nov 24, 2001
Dissipated:
- Dec 6, 2001
1932 Cuba Hurricane
The 1932 Cuba hurricane was a powerful and deadly late-season hurricane during the 1932 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the tenth tropical storm, fifth hurricane and fourth major hurricane of the 1932 season. One of the strongest storms ever...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 30, 1932
Dissipated:
- Nov 14, 1932
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 28, 2007
1935 Yankee hurricane
The Yankee Hurricane of 1935 was a rare Category 1 hurricane that affected the Bahamas and South Florida in November. It remains the only tropical cyclone to affect Miami from the northeast in November. The sixth tropical cyclone and fifth hurricane...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 30, 1935
Dissipated:
- Nov 8, 1935
Tropical Storm Felice
Tropical Storm Felice was a mid-September tropical storm that formed during the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical cyclone of the 1970 season, Felice formed over the Bahamas as a tropical depression on September 12 and crossed...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 12, 1970
Dissipated:
- Sep 17, 1970
1945 Southeast Florida hurricane
The 1945 Southeast Florida hurricane was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1945 Atlantic hurricane season. It made landfall on Homestead, Florida with estimated sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). The ninth tropical storm, third Atlantic...
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Hurricane Fox
Hurricane Fox was the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone of the below average 1952 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical storm, sixth Atlantic hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the season, Fox was a small and intense...
Season:
Formed:
- Oct 20, 1952
Dissipated:
- Oct 28, 1952
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 18, 1891
Dissipated:
- Aug 25, 1891
Hurricane Hanna
Hurricane Hanna was the deadliest storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands on August...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 28, 2008
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- Sep 7, 2008
Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike (pronounced /ˈaɪk/) was the largest hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin and the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. It was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane and third major...
Season:
Formed:
- Sep 1, 2008
Dissipated:
- Sep 13, 2008
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...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 15, 2008
Dissipated:
- Aug 27, 2008
1949 Florida hurricane
The 1949 Florida hurricane was the second recorded storm and the strongest and most intense tropical cyclone of the 1949 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense tropical cyclone to affect the United States during the season, with a...
Season:
Formed:
- Aug 23, 1949
Dissipated:
- Aug 31, 1949
Hurricane Paloma
Hurricane Paloma was the seventeenth tropical cyclone, sixteenth tropical storm, eighth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a late season hurricane, setting several records for its intensity and...
Season:
Formed:
- Nov 5, 2008
Dissipated:
- Nov 10, 2008
Tropical Storm Gilda
Tropical Storm Gilda in 1973 was the first documented tropical cyclone on record to transition into a subtropical cyclone. It formed on October 16 in the western Caribbean Sea from a tropical wave, and strengthened to reach peak winds of 70 mph (110...
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Formed:
- Oct 16, 1973
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- Oct 27, 1973
1933 Treasure Coast hurricane
The 1933 Treasure Coast hurricane was the strongest and most intense tropical cyclone to strike the United States during the active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season. The twelfth tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the...
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Formed:
- Aug 31, 1933
Dissipated:
- Sep 7, 1933
1948 Miami hurricane
The 1948 Miami hurricane was one of the strongest tropical cyclones of the 1948 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane, the second most intense storm of the season, produced winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) in the Havana, Cuba region. The eighth...
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Formed:
- Oct 3, 1948
Dissipated:
- Oct 15, 1948
