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A long-lived Cape Verde hurricane, David was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. David formed on August 25, in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa.
Twenty nations took part in the GATE research project in 1974, where Douglas DC-6 aircraft examined tropical waves which spawned Cape Verde hurricanes. [3] In 2006, there was a two-month research project known as NAMMA-06 (short for NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities) [4] which flew Douglas DC-8s into seedling disturbances in the eastern Atlantic which had the potential to ...
The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to include both male and female names on its list of tropical cyclone names. The season officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. [1]
September 10, 1938: The 1938 New England Hurricane passed through the Cape Verde Islands as a 40 mph (64 km/h) tropical storm. [7] September 5, 1947: The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane brushed the Cape Verde Islands as a Category 1 hurricane at 0000 UTC. There were no reports of damage or injuries from the hurricane.
As Hurricane Milton slammed Florida's west coast, dozens of misleading or AI-generated videos spread on social media, racking up millions of views across platforms.
A US Air Force Hurricane Hunter WC-130 reconnaissance aircraft is just one of the planes at NOAA's disposal in storm prediction missions, such as the one taken to Cape Verde in August. (Rhona Wise ...
David was a Cape Verde-type hurricane, traversing through the Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, and East Coast of the United States during late August and early September. With winds of 175 mph, Hurricane David was the strongest hurricane to strike the Dominican Republic since the 1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane.
Scenes from a deployment to western North Carolina to document the aftermath from Tropical Storm Helene.