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Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13. 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 UTC) – Hurricane Charley makes its first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds, but weakening back down to Category 2 as it leaves the island just west of Havana. [5]
Hurricanes Frances (top left) and Ivan (bottom right) on September 5. Reflecting the season's high activity, the accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season was 227 units, [nb 4] [20] one of the highest values on record in the basin. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied ...
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2004 are counted in the seasonal totals. 2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2004 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
[2] [3] The World Meteorological Organization decided that the new lists of hurricane name would start to be used in 1979. [2] [3] Since 1979 the same lists have been used, but with names of significant tropical cyclones removed from the lists and replaced with new names. [2]
Flooding in Haiti from Hurricane Jeanne. The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2004. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity. ... Isabel in 2003 and Ivan in 2004 each soared to ...
There are many terms used to describe the severity of a storm as it's developing, and some become severe enough to warrant a name. Here's what to know
Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).