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Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread and severe flooding across the Eastern United States and portions of Eastern Canada, becoming the costliest natural disaster in the history of the Canadian province of Quebec.
Tropical Depression Four entered the Gulf of Mexico where it further intensified into Tropical Storm Debby later on August 3. [47] In the Gulf of Mexico, it intensified from tropical storm to hurricane status late on August 4, before making landfall in Florida. [136] On August 5, Debby made its first landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida. [137]
5 a.m: National Hurricane Center update. The center of Tropical Storm Debby was 65 miles south-southeast of Charleston, dawdling toward the east at 5 mph, the center’s 5 a.m. advisory said.
That was just a tropical storm.” Hurricane Debby’s path on August 5th, 2024. Human-caused climate change made the warm waters that fueled Hurricane Debby, adding more moisture and humidity to ...
Hurricane Debby was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, with sustained winds reaching 130 mph (210 km/h). The fourth named storm , second hurricane, and the only major hurricane of the season, Debby developed near the north coast of Hispaniola from a westward moving tropical wave on September 13.
An hour later, a tropical storm watch was put into effect for the southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. By 0900 UTC on August 22, Dominican Republic's entire north coast was under a hurricane warning. Additionally, the tropical storm watch for the southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands was upgraded to a hurricane watch. [2]
Hurricane Debby was the first hurricane to strike the Mexican state of Veracruz since Hurricane Anna in 1956. The eighth tropical cyclone , fourth named storm , and the first hurricane of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season , Debby developed from a tropical wave off the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on August 31.
The name Debby has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Debby (1982) – reached Category 4 strength, grazed Bermuda, and caused high winds at Cape Race, but no significant damage; Hurricane Debby (1988) – made landfall at Tuxpan, Veracruz, killing ten; later became Tropical Depression 17-E in the eastern Pacific