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The Tropical Cyclone type holds all hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and other 'warm core' storm systems.
A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term describes the storm's origin in the tropics and its...
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| x Hurricane Iniki |
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Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS) | Sep 5, 1992 | Sep 13, 1992 |
Hurricane Iniki (pronounced /iːˈniːkiː/ ee-NEE-kee, from the Hawaiian ʻiniki meaning "strong and piercing wind") was the most powerful hurricane to strike the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiian Islands in recorded history.
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| x Hurricane Andrew |
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Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS) | Aug 16, 1992 | Aug 28, 1992 |
Hurricane Andrew was the last 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.
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| x Hurricane Katrina |
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Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS) | Aug 23, 2005 | Aug 31, 2005 |
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.
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| x Hurricane Wilma |
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Oct 15, 2005 | Oct 25, 2005 |
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...
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| x Hurricane Irene |
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Category 2 Hurricane (SSHS) | Aug 4, 2005 | Aug 18, 2005 |
Hurricane Irene was a long-lived Cape Verde-type Atlantic hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed near Cape Verde on August 4 and crossed the Atlantic, turning northward around Bermuda before becoming extratropical...
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| x Tropical Storm Allison |
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Tropical Storm (NHC/CPHC) | Jun 4, 2001 | Jun 18, 2001 |
Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season, Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 15 days....
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| x Typhoon Vera | Super Typhoon (JTWC) | Sep 21, 1959 | Sep 28, 1959 |
Super Typhoon Vera (international designation: 5915) was the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history. With winds of 160 mph, Vera slammed into the southeastern coast of Japan in Wakayama Prefecture and then proceeded northeast across...
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| x Tropical Storm Delta |
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Nov 22, 2005 | Nov 29, 2005 |
Tropical Storm Delta was a late-forming tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which struck the Canary Islands as a strong extratropical storm causing significant damage and then crossed over Morocco with little impact there. It was...
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| x Hurricane Danielle |
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Aug 13, 2004 | Aug 21, 2004 |
Hurricane Danielle was the first of several Cape Verde-type hurricane to form during the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Danielle was the fourth named storm and third hurricane of the season. Danielle formed on August 13, 2004 in the far eastern...
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| x Hurricane Gloria |
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Sep 16, 1985 | Oct 2, 1985 |
Hurricane Gloria was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season and prowled the Atlantic Ocean from September 16 to September 28. Gloria reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale...
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| x Galveston Hurricane of 1900 |
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Aug 27, 1900 | Sep 12, 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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| x Cyclone Percy |
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Feb 25, 2005 | Mar 4, 2005 |
Cyclone Percy was the seventh named storm of the 2004-05 South Pacific cyclone season and the fourth and final cyclone to form during the February 2005 outbreak in the South Pacific Ocean.
Percy was also the most damaging of the February cyclones as...
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| x Hurricane Dolly |
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Aug 19, 1996 | Aug 26, 1996 |
Hurricane Dolly was a Category 1 hurricane that struck Mexico. The storm killed 14 people and left many homeless. Dolly was the fourth named storm and the third hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season.
Dolly was named on August 19 in the...
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| x Hurricane Nate |
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Sep 5, 2005 | Sep 10, 2005 |
Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that threatened Bermuda but remained at sea during early September 2005. The fourteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the 2005 season, Hurricane Nate formed to the southwest of Bermuda on September 5...
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| x Hurricane Opal |
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Sep 27, 1995 | Oct 6, 1995 |
Hurricane Opal was a major hurricane that formed in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1995. Opal was the 9th hurricane and the strongest of the abnormally active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. It crossed the Yucatán Peninsula while still a tropical...
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| x Tropical Storm Claudette |
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Jul 15, 1979 | Jul 29, 1979 |
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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| x 1952 Groundhog Day Tropical Storm | Feb 2, 1952 | Feb 5, 1952 |
The 1952 Groundhog Day Storm was the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record in the month of February. First observed in the western Caribbean Sea on February 2, it moved rapidly throughout its duration and struck southwestern Florida within 24...
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| x Hurricane Kate |
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Sep 25, 2003 | Oct 10, 2003 |
Hurricane Kate was the second-longest tropical cyclone in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. The eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season, Kate developed from a tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic...
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| x Hurricane Alex |
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Jul 31, 2004 | Aug 6, 2004 |
Hurricane Alex was the first named storm, the first hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season, Alex formed unusually late in the season; the fifth latest since 1954. It developed...
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| x Hurricane Agnes |
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Jun 14, 1972 | Jun 25, 1972 |
Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. A rare June hurricane, it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle before moving northeastward and ravaging the Mid-Atlantic region as a tropical...
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| x Hurricane Ernesto |
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Aug 24, 2006 | Sep 1, 2006 |
Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto first...
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| x Hurricane Flora |
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Sep 26, 1963 | Oct 12, 1963 |
Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of over 7,000. The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season, Flora developed from a disturbance in the...
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| x Tropical Storm Earl |
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Aug 13, 2004 | Aug 15, 2004 |
Tropical Storm Earl was the fifth tropical storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a short-lived storm in mid-August 2004 that formed near the Windward Islands and remained weak throughout its short lifespan. It crossed over the Lesser...
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| x Great Hurricane of 1780 |
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Oct 9, 1780 | Oct 20, 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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| x Cyclone Leon-Eline |
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Feb 3, 2000 | Feb 23, 2000 |
Cyclone Leon-Eline was a long-lived Indian Ocean tropical cyclone which traversed almost the entire Indian ocean and made devastating strikes on Madagascar and Mozambique, both preceded by periods of rapid intensification and had less serious...
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| x Hurricane Ivan |
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Sep 2, 2004 | Sep 24, 2004 |
Hurricane Ivan was the strongest hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was often dubbed in the media as Ivan the Terrible. It was the tenth most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. The cyclone formed as a Cape Verde-type...
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| x Typhoon Chanchu |
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May 9, 2006 | May 19, 2006 |
Typhoon Chanchu (international designation: 0601, JTWC designation: 02W, also designated Typhoon Caloy by PAGASA) was the second tropical storm and first typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season recognized by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center....
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| x Typhoon Maemi |
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Sep 5, 2003 | Sep 15, 2003 |
Typhoon Maemi (international designation: 0314, JTWC designation: 15W, also known to PAGASA forecasters as Typhoon Pogi and sometimes called Super Typhoon Maemi) was a powerful category 5 supertyphoon that struck South Korea, killing 117 people. The...
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| x Tropical Storm Isabel |
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Oct 7, 1985 | Oct 15, 1985 |
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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| x Hurricane Juan |
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Sep 24, 2003 | Sep 29, 2003 |
Hurricane Juan was a significant hurricane that struck the southern part of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003. It was the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
Juan formed southeast of Bermuda on...
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| x Hurricane Kyle |
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Sep 20, 2002 | Oct 12, 2002 |
Hurricane Kyle was the fourth longest-lived Atlantic tropical or subtropical cyclone on record. The eleventh named storm and third hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, Kyle developed as a subtropical cyclone on September 20 to the east...
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| x Typhoon Chataan |
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Jun 28, 2002 | Jul 11, 2002 |
Typhoon Chataan (international designation: 0206, JTWC designation: 08W, PAGASA designation: Gloria) was a powerful and destructive typhoon which killed 54 people from Chuuk to Japan in the western Pacific Ocean.
An area of convection developed from...
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| x 1898 Windward Islands Hurricane | Aug 15, 1898 | Sep 2, 1898 |
The Windward Islands Hurricane was a strong, destructive hurricane that raged through the eastern Caribbean islands in the early part of September during the 1898 Atlantic hurricane season. Between 300 and 400 people are believed to have died in the...
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| x Hurricane Esther |
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Sep 10, 1961 | Sep 27, 1961 |
Hurricane Esther was the fifth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season. A long-lived Category 4 Cape Verde-type hurricane, Esther spent its lifetime offshore, before moving up the East Coast of the United States. Esther...
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| x Typhoon Ike |
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Aug 27, 1984 | Sep 6, 1984 |
Typhoon Ike (international designation: 8411, JTWC designation: 13W, PAGASA name: Nitang) was the deadliest typhoon of the 1984 Pacific typhoon season and crossed the Philippines in September. This tropical cyclone formed on August 27 in the...
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| x 1737 Calcutta Cyclone |
On 7 October 1737, a natural disaster struck the city of Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata) in India. For a long time this was believed in Europe to have been the result of an earthquake, but it is now believed to have been a tropical cyclone.
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| x Hurricane Cesar-Douglas |
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Jul 24, 1996 | Aug 5, 1996 |
Hurricane Cesar was the third named storm of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem the...
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| x Tropical Storm Odette |
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Dec 4, 2003 | Dec 9, 2003 |
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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| x Hurricane Allen |
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Jul 31, 1980 | Aug 11, 1980 |
Hurricane Allen was the strongest hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of the strongest hurricanes in recorded history, one of the few hurricanes to reach Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale on three...
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| x Hurricane Gilbert |
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Sep 8, 1988 | Sep 19, 1988 |
Hurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season and created widespread destruction in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the second most intense hurricane ever...
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| x 1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane |
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Aug 25, 1930 | Sep 17, 1930 |
The 1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane, also known as Hurricane San Zenon is the fifth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. The second of two known tropical cyclones in the 1930 Atlantic hurricane season, the hurricane was first observed on August...
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| x Hurricane Keith |
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Sep 28, 2000 | Oct 6, 2000 |
Hurricane Keith, the strongest hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, was a Caribbean hurricane that caused great damage across Belize and southern Mexico.
A tropical wave organized into a tropical depression north-northeast of Cape...
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| x Hurricane Diana |
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Sep 8, 1984 | Sep 16, 1984 |
Hurricane Diana was the fourth tropical storm, the first hurricane, the first major hurricane, and the strongest storm of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season. Diana was the first major hurricane to hit the U.S. East Coast in nearly 20 years. Watches...
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| x Typhoon Herb |
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Jul 21, 1996 | Aug 3, 1996 |
Super Typhoon Herb (international designation: 9609, JTWC designation: 10W, Chinese name: 賀伯) was the strongest and the largest storm of 1996. Herb struck the Ryūkyū Islands, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, causing major damage. The name...
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| x Hurricane Dot | Aug 8, 1959 |
Hurricane Dot was a hurricane during August of the 1959 Pacific hurricane season that made a rare landfall in Hawaiʻi, and one of only five tropical cyclones since 1950 to have caused serious damage to the islands. The storm's formation is unclear,...
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Typhoon Ruby was a destructive late-season Category 4 typhoon during the 1988 Pacific typhoon season. Ruby left 540 dead and caused $220 million (1988 US dollars) in damage. It was named Typhoon Unsang for PAGASA advisories.
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| x Hurricane Abby |
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Jun 1, 1968 | Jun 13, 1968 |
Hurricane Abby was the first named storm and first hurricane of the 1968 Atlantic hurricane season. Abby was one of four tropical cyclones to strike Florida during the 1968 season and one of three tropical cyclones to form in June 1968. Forming in...
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| x Tropical Storm Doria | Aug 20, 1971 | Aug 29, 1971 |
Tropical Storm Doria was the costliest tropical cyclone in the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical storm of the season, Doria developed from a tropical wave on August 20 to the east of the Lesser Antilles, and after five days without...
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| x Hurricane Marty |
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Sep 18, 2003 | Sep 22, 2003 |
Hurricane Marty was the deadliest tropical cyclone of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season. Forming on September 18, it became the 13th tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year. The storm moved generally northwestward and steadily intensified...
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| x Hurricane Lili |
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Sep 21, 2002 | Oct 6, 2002 |
Hurricane Lili was the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season for the United States. Lili was the twelfth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm...
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| x Hurricane Ginger |
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Sep 5, 1971 | Oct 3, 1971 |
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...
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| x Hurricane Floyd |
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Sep 7, 1999 | Sep 19, 1999 |
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 2...
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| x Hurricane Belle |
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Aug 6, 1976 | Aug 10, 1976 |
Hurricane Belle was the third tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1976 Atlantic hurricane season. The system formed as a tropical depression northeast of the Bahamas and strengthened as it moved northward towards New York and New England....
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| x Typhoon Rose | Aug 10, 1971 | Aug 18, 1971 |
Typhoon Rose (international designation: 7121, JTWC designation: 21W, PAGASA name: Typhoon Uring) was category 4 typhoon that struck the northern Philippines and later eastern China in August 1971. Rose was most violent typhoon to strike Hong Kong...
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| x Hurricane Greta-Olivia |
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Sep 13, 1978 | Sep 23, 1978 |
Hurricane Greta-Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed over Central America, changing names upon reaching the Eastern Pacific during the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season and 1978 Pacific hurricane season. Greta threatened to reproduce the...
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| x Tropical Storm Amelia |
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Jul 30, 1978 | Aug 1, 1978 |
Tropical Storm Amelia was a weak tropical storm that brought heavy rain and damage to Texas in July of the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season. Amelia formed on July 30 after wandering around the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea for a week and a half....
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| x Tropical Storm Alberto |
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Jun 10, 2006 | Jun 14, 2006 |
Tropical Storm Alberto was the first tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on June 10 in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, the storm moved generally to the north, reaching a maximum intensity of 70 mph (110 km/h) before...
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| x Typhoon Rusa |
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Aug 22, 2002 | Sep 1, 2002 |
Typhoon Rusa (international designation: 0215, JTWC designation: 21W) was the 21st JTWC tropical depression (21W), the 15th named storm, and the 10th typhoon of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season. The name of the typhoon, which was contributed by...
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| x Hurricane Helene |
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Sep 21, 1958 | Sep 29, 1958 |
Hurricane Helene was the strongest hurricane in the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season, reaching peak winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) and tied with Hurricane Ilsa as the strongest tropical cyclone of the season. The system moved to the north of...
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| x Hurricane Isidore |
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Sep 14, 2002 | Sep 27, 2002 |
Hurricane Isidore was the ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Isidore was the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September. The tropical cyclone peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, causing damage as...
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