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The 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The season was fairly average, with 14 named storms forming, of which seven were hurricanes. Two of those seven became major hurricanes ...
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Hurricane Celia
Celia, a Category 4 hurricane that hit South Texas in early August, was the most devastating storm of the season. Damage from Hurricane Celia was over $930 million, making it the biggest hurricane to hit Texas before Hurricane Alicia in 1983. A total of 28 people lost their lives: 4 in Cuba, 8 in Florida, and 16 in Texas.
Hurricane Edith
Multiple significant hurricanes formed in the Atlantic during the 1971 hurricane season. The most powerful storm of the season, Hurricane Edith, registered as Category 5, the highest category on the scale while being the least intense storm ever recorded for that category. Edith, having crossed the Gulf of Mexico and having regained power while speeding towards the shore, made landfall in Louisiana on September 16 with winds of 105 mph (170 km/h). On the 18th of September, Edith finally dissi...
Hurricane Agnes
There were just seven named storms in the Atlantic during the 1972 hurricane season, with only four becoming full-fledged tropical storms (the fewest since 1930) and three becoming subtropical storms. Of the hurricanes that have occurred, only Agnes deserves special consideration. Damage and fatalities from this category 1 hurricane greatly outpaced those from any other hurricanes or tropical storms that year. After Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Agnes caused the most damage to the United State...
Hurricane Ellen
Category 3 cyclone Hurricane Ellen, which stayed over open water, was the strongest storm of the season. In terms of meteorology, the last named storm was noteworthy since it was the first tropical cyclone on record to weaken into a subtropical cyclone. It generated gusts of wind up to 115 mph. To everyone’s relief, no lives were lost, and only minor damage was incurred.
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen, the strongest storm of the season (Category 4), caused widespread damage in the Yucatán Peninsula and moderate damage in Louisiana before weakening. It killed a total of 8 people in its wake. Most of the deaths and damage from Carmen occurred in Louisiana and cost an estimated $162 million in damage.
Hurricane Eloise
A total of about $560 million worth of damage was caused by storm Eloise in the United States. The cyclone rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico, reaching Category 3 status on September 23. Landing to the west of Panama City in Florida, the hurricane then moved inland across Alabama before dissipating on September 24. Numerous buildings, piers, and coastal constructions were destroyed when Eloise reached Florida with winds of up to 155 miles per hour. Damage from the windstorm reached int...
Hurricane Belle
Hurricane Belle, which peaked as a Category 3 system east of North Carolina, was the most powerful storm of the season. Later, as a Category 1 hurricane, Belle hit Long Island, New York, wreaking $100 million in damage and killing 12 people in the Carolinas, New England, and Canada’s New Brunswick.
Hurricane Babe
During the relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season of 1977, Hurricane Babe was the only storm to make landfall in the United States. Wherever it went across the United States, Hurricane Babe left behind just minor damage. The storm had the greatest impact in Louisiana, where it cost $10 million in damage, much of it due to agricultural losses. Tornadoes produced by Babe caused an additional $3 million in damages. North Carolina received 8.99 inches (228 millimeters) of rain, with most area...
Hurricane Amelia
Short-lived Tropical Storm Amelia (not nearly category 1) dumped as much as 48 inches of rain on Texas between the end of July and the beginning of August, causing widespread flooding. There were 33 fatalities, and the damage was estimated at $110 million (or $349.4 million in 2020 dollars). Though it wasn’t the strongest hurricane of the year, it was responsible for the most casualties and property loss. For example, Ella, a Category 4 hurricane, brought strong gusts and rip currents on the...
Hurricane David
Category 5 Hurricane David made landfall in the Dominican Republic in August 1979, causing catastrophic damage and killing hundreds of people in the process. When it came to Atlantic hurricanes, David was the first massive storm of 1979. It made landfall on the East Coast of the United States after passing through the Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles in late August and early September. Tornado David, with sustained winds of 175 mph, was responsible for the deaths of almost 2,000 peopl...
Hurricane Frederick
The United States Gulf Coast was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Frederic, which was a strong and destructive tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc from the Lesser Antilles to Quebec. Only Frederic killed five people directly, but the storm caused $1.77 billion in damage, making it the costliest tropical cyclone in the history of the Atlantic basin.
Storms before the 1900s. Hurricane Case Studies. ... Storms in the 1970s. 1979- Typhoon Tip 1975- Super Typhoon Nina 1974- Cyclone Tracy 1974- Hurricane Fifi
The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment to a tropical storm early the next day in the eastern Caribbean, and became a hurricane on the 11th near Jamaica. Charley's center passed about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane reached category 2 strength on the 12th.
In early October 1979, an active monsoon trough existed in the western Pacific Ocean extending from the Philippines to the Marshall Islands. From this, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, Typhoon Tip, emerged. The development of this typhoon was initially very slow. Tropical Storm Roger formed from the same monsoon ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Historical Hurricane Tracks tool shows the tracks and characteristics of over 6,000 tropical cyclones around the world dating back to 1842. In addition to the hurricane tracks, users can explore the category, wind speed, and minimum pressure of each hurricane at different points in its track. A flexible search feature allows users to search ...
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Tropical cyclones begin as disturbances in the air over warm ocean waters. A tropical storm develops once the wind speed reaches 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour. If winds blow faster than 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, the tropical storm becomes a cyclone. From above, a tropical cyclone looks like a huge disk of clouds.
