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 cyclone, it produced torrential rainfall, resulting in great damage and loss of life in Puerto Rico. Isabel later made landfall in northeastern Florida, and moved out to sea without producing great damage....
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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 cyclone, it produced torrential rainfall, resulting in great damage and loss of life in Puerto Rico. Isabel later made landfall in northeastern Florida, and moved out to sea without producing great damage.
A tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on September 29. As it moved westward across the Atlantic Ocean, the wave entered the eastern Caribbean Sea on October 5. On October 7, an area of disturbed weather on the northern edges of the wave organized into a tropical depression while south of Hispaniola. Shortly after forming, the depression attained tropical storm status and received the name of Isabel, although further intensification was limited by interaction with the lands of the Dominican Republic.
Located on the western edge of a...
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