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Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second-costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before it struck the United States near the border between North and South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane .
Hurricane Hazel caused sustained hurricane-force winds (winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) or greater) in the state, the only storm during the time period to do so. [3] No storms made landfall in Maryland at hurricane intensity. Since 1950, thirteen tropical cyclones have collectively killed 64 people.
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It featured below-average tropical cyclone activity, [nb 1] with the fewest hurricanes since the 1982 season. [2] The season officially began on June 1, 2013 and ended on November 30, 2013.
Hurricane Hazel. Year: 1954. Death Toll: 95 (in the U.S.) Financial Impact: $382 million (1954 dollars), equivalent to ~$3.8 billion today. This Category 4 storm killed at least 469 people in ...
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel ... 2013: Ingrid 2015: Erika and Joaquin 2016: Matthew and ...
[2] [27] At the 1969 Hurricane Warning Conference, the National Hurricane Center requested that Carol, Edna, Hazel, and Inez be permanently retired due to their importance to the research community. [2] [28] This request was subsequently accepted and led to today's practice of retiring names of significant tropical cyclones permanently.
By October 31, people were able to return home. Social media referred to Hurricane Sandy as "Superstorm Sandy." [69] June 7, 2013 – Tropical Storm Andrea impacted south-eastern Pennsylvania with rainfall of 1–3 inches (2.5–7.6 cm) in Bucks, Montgomery, and other southern counties in the state. [70]
The note signals that Tropical Depression Two has formed in the 2013 hurricane season. The storm's current location is north of Honduras and El Salvador and heading toward Belize.