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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 1950 Atlantic hurricane season was the first year in the Atlantic hurricane database that storms were given names in the Atlantic basin. Names were taken from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet, with the first named storm being designated "Able", the second "Baker", and so on. It was a very active season with sixteen tropical storms ...
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet
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 ...
At first, the United States only used female names for storms. It wasn't until 1978 when male names were added to the mix, but names were only given to Northern Pacific Storms.
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
List of Maryland hurricanes (1950–present) List of New England hurricanes; List of New Jersey hurricanes; List of New Mexico hurricanes; List of New York hurricanes; List of North Carolina hurricanes. List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre-1900) List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900–1949) List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950–1979 ...
Any tropical depressions, unnamed tropical storms and hurricanes after 1950 are listed here. Other significant storms give the year of the storm and an abbreviation of its common name. However tropical depressions give the year with a "number" representing its designation.