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Santiago de Cuba recorded 100.39 in (2,550 mm) of rainfall from Flora, which is the highest rainfall total measured on Cuba from any rainfall event on record. Flora killed 1,750 people and left US$300 million in damage. [19] [20] August 26, 1964 - Hurricane Cleo crossed eastern Cuba, causing one fatality and US$2 million in damage. [21]
Satellite image of the most recent Atlantic off-season system, an unnamed subtropical storm on January 16, 2023. An off-season Atlantic hurricane is a tropical or subtropical cyclone that existed in the Atlantic basin outside of the official Atlantic hurricane season.
The 1932 Cuba hurricane, known also as the Hurricane of Santa Cruz del Sur [1] or the 1932 Camagüey hurricane, [2] was the deadliest and one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record to have made landfall in Cuba.
HAVANA (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Rafael gained steam late on Monday as it churned northward toward Cuba, which is still struggling to recover from a nationwide blackout and hurricane two weeks ago.
Heavier rain of 4-8 inches can occur close to the track of the storm over western Cuba and central Jamaica with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 14 inches in the highest terrain.
Atmospheric pressure readings in Cuba reached as low as 916 mbar. Although no reliable wind measurements were available at the time, a separate study also estimated that it produced Category 5-strength winds. In Cuba, the storm caused hundreds of deaths, capsized dozens of ships, obliterated buildings, uprooted trees, and ruined crops.
The hurricane inflicted devastation along its path, causing at least 709 deaths in Cuba and Bermuda. [2] Upon striking Cuba, the hurricane caused catastrophic damage and as many as 600 deaths. [6] Several small towns in the storm's path were completely destroyed and damage estimates exceeded $100 million (1926 USD). [7]
The 1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane (also known as the 1944 San Lucas hurricane and the Sanibel Island Hurricane of 1944) [1] [2] was a large Category 4 tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale that caused widespread damage across the western Caribbean Sea and Southeastern United States in October 1944.