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Hurricanes that affect California are mainly the remnants of hurricanes or tropical storms. In the twentieth century, only four eastern Pacific tropical cyclones have brought tropical storm-force winds to the Continental United States: the 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Joanne in 1972, Tropical Storm Kathleen in 1976, and Tropical Storm Nora in 1997.
The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic during 2010. [177] This was the same list used in the 2004 season with the exceptions of Colin , Fiona , Igor , and Julia , which replaced Charley , Frances , Ivan , and Jeanne , respectively. [ 178 ]
List of Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes; List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes; List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes; List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes; List of retired Atlantic hurricane names; List of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes; List of wettest ...
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [3] June 25. 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression One develops from an area of low pressure roughly 80 mi (130 km) north-northeast of Puerto Lempira. [7] Hurricane Alex as a Category 1 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. June 26
The costliest tropical cyclone in 2010 was Hurricane Karl, which struck the Veracruz, Mexico area in September, causing US$5.6 billion in damage. [ nb 1 ] Hurricane Alex , Tropical Storm Matthew , and Tropical Storm Agatha were the only other tropical cyclones worldwide in 2010 to accrue over US$1 billion in damage.
The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. It caused an estimated $1.42 billion in damages (more than $12 billion in 2024 ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...