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Apr 12, 2018 · Irma made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the Florida Keys on Sept. 10 and struck southwestern Florida as a category 3 the same day. Irma caused 44 direct deaths as a result of its strong winds, heavy rain and high surf.
On Oct. 8, the hurricane made landfall as a Category 1. The storm did about $800 million in damage and killed 45 people in Central America and the United States. The idea of permanently retiring names began after the 1954 hurricane season when Carol, Edna and Hazel ravaged the East Coast.
Apr 12, 2018 · The idea of permanently retiring names began after the 1954 hurricane season when Carol, Edna and Hazel ravaged the East Coast. Since that fateful year, 88 names have been retired, and those ...
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Hurricane Harvey became a category 4 hurricane before making landfall along the middle Texas coast Aug. 25. The storm then stalled, with its center remaining over or near the Texas coast for four days, dropping historic rainfall amounts, of up to 5 feet, causing catastrophic flooding in parts of southeastern Texas. Harvey is the second costliest hu...
Hurricane Irma was a long-lived hurricane that reached category 5 intensity Sept. 5. The catastrophic hurricane made seven landfalls, four of which occurred as a category 5 hurricane across the northern Caribbean Islands. Irma made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the Florida Keys on Sept. 10 and struck southwestern Florida as a category 3 the...
Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Dominica as a category 5 on Sept. 19, and later devastated Puerto Rico as a high-end category 4 hurricane. It also wreaked havoc on some of the other islands of the northeastern Caribbean Sea. Maria is the third costliest hurricane in U.S. history, behind Harvey and Katrina. Maria caused 31 direct deaths with 3...
Hurricane Nate crossed northeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras as a tropical storm, then made landfall on the northern Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane. It brought rainfall that caused significant impacts in Central America, where media reports indicate that these caused 44 deaths in the region. An additional fatality in Panama was caused b...
Apr 12, 2018 · As The Washington Post reported, hurricane names started to be retired after the 1954 hurricane season, when three devastating storms hit the East Coast.
Apr 12, 2018 · | April 12, 2018, 7:00 AM (Last Updated: April 12, 2018, 7:50 AM) Share. Hurricanes will no longer be named Harvey, Irma, Maria, or Nate. The World Meteorological Organization...
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Apr 12, 2018 · Including these four additions, there have been 86 names retired from the Atlantic basin list since 1954, when storms began to be named. The 2005 hurricane season has the most retired names, five...
