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Intensifying the damage was the fact that the hurricane coincided with the highest lunar tide of the year. Brunswick County suffered the heaviest damage, where most coastal dwellings were either completely destroyed or severely damaged. For example, in Long Beach, North Carolina, only five of the buildings were left standing. As a result of the high storm surge, the low-lying sandy barrier islands were completely flooded.

The official report from the Weather Bureau in Raleigh, North Carolina stated that as a result of Hazel, "all traces of civilization on the immediate waterfront between the state line and Cape Fear were practically annihilated. In Carteret County, Hazel washed out numerous bridges and causing tremendous property damage.

Tony Seamon and his father, owners of the Sanitary Restaurant in Morehead City, drove to the restaurant during the storm and cut holes in the floor to drain the rising water out of the building. Their effort saved the restaurant, and it was able to serve as a feeding center after the storm. The damage from Hazel was not limited to the coast. With Hazel having a forward speed of as much as 55 mph at times, the Raleigh-Durham Airport reported sustained winds of 75 mph with gusts to 90 mph.

With such high winds state-wide, heavy damage was caused to forests, and to property as a result of falling trees. In North Carolina, the most rain was received in the interior of the state: Robbins received Nineteen people were killed in North Carolina, with several hundred more injured; 15, homes were destroyed and another 39, were damaged.

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Nursing home employees face charges in deaths after Irma. How sailing is helping the Caribbean after Hurricane Irma. Eta deteriorated over Honduras on its way to the north Caribbean Sea, but regained tropical storm strength and made landfall in Cuba on November 8. The storm turned northwestward and made landfall in Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida on November 8 as a strong tropical storm and continued to the southwest coast of Florida, bringing heavy rainfall, flash flooding and wind.

Eta traveled into the Gulf of Mexico and regained hurricane status on November 11 offshore of southwestern Florida bringing heavy squalls with tropical-storm force winds. On November 12 Eta made a second landfall in Florida near Cedar Key as a tropical storm, producing dangerous storm surge, heavy rains and gusty winds along the Florida Gulf Coast and the northern Florida Peninsula.

Eta passed offshore of the coasts of South and North Carolina before dissipating. Eta caused seven direct deaths in the United States. On November 10, a record-breaking 29 th named storm—Theta—formed in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Theta did not threaten land. Hurricane Iota, the 30 th named storm of the hurricane season, formed on November 13 in the central Caribbean Sea and became a hurricane on November Iota became a major hurricane and strengthened to Category 5 status on its way to Central America, and was the strongest hurricane of the hurricane season.

Iota brought catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and extreme rainfall to Nicaragua and Honduras. Iota moved west across Honduras and dissipated over El Salvador. By mid-day July 26 Douglas was closing in on the island of Maui as a Category 1 hurricane.

Douglas passed to the north of the islands of Maui, Oahu and Kauai, producing large swells, damaging surf, strong damaging winds. Rainfall between three and six inches but possibly more fell on the islands.

Barry became a hurricane on July 13 in the Gulf of Mexico as it moved toward the Louisiana coast. It made landfall later that day near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, as a tropical storm, bringing heavy rain and wind to the north central Gulf Coast, and remained over Louisiana as it weakened into a tropical depression on July Other areas impacted were the Mississippi River Valley and the southeastern states of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

Dorian became a hurricane on August 28 near St. Thomas, U. Virgin Islands. Dorian continued to pound the Bahamas into September 3 with devastating wind, rain and storm surge. Dorian brought storm surge resulting in beach erosion and flooding to east coast Florida as a Category 3 storm, and later affected South and North Carolina. It made landfall over Nova Scotia on September 7 as a Category 1 hurricane.

Humberto became a hurricane on September 15 southwest of Bermuda and peaked at Category 3 as it approached the island on September As a post-tropical storm Humberto produced large swells and rip tides along the east coast of the United States. Tropical Storm Imelda brought an estimated 16 to 24 inches of rain to Beaumont and Houston, Texas and heavy rain over a large section between southwestern Louisiana and Texas by September Hurricane Jerry formed around the same time, becoming a hurricane on September Hurricane Lorenzo became a Category 5 hurricane in the central subtropical Atlantic—the farthest east Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record.

It generated foot waves, with an occasional rogue wave nearing feet, sending swells to both sides of the Atlantic. Eight of those storms became hurricanes and two of those, Florence and Michael, became major storms, Category 3 and above. Florence, the third hurricane of the season, reached Category 4 status as a slow-moving storm that brought hurricane-force winds, life-threatening storm surge, and freshwater flooding.

Florence made landfall along the southeastern coast of North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and brought significant storm surge flooding to portions of eastern North Carolina. It produced rainfall that exceeded 20 inches along the North and South Carolina border, and in some parts of North Carolina exceeded 30 inches, a state record. The previous record was 24 inches caused by Hurricane Floyd in In South Carolina a new record was reached when rainfall reached almost 24 inches.

Hurricane Michael was the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Florida Panhandle and the second known Category 5 landfall on the northern Gulf Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

It was the first Category 5 storm to make landfall in the United States, after Hurricane Andrew in Two hurricanes, Irma and Maria, reached Category 5 strength. The Atlantic hurricane season was the first time three Category 4 hurricanes—Harvey, Irma and Maria—made landfall in the United States and its territories in one year, according to the Triple-I.

The chart below shows insured losses in dollars for the top 10 costliest hurricanes in the United States when they occurred and in dollars, adjusted for inflation. Virgin Islands and losses sustained by private insurers and government-sponsored programs such as the National Flood Insurance Program. Includes hurricanes that occurred through Subject to change as loss estimates are further developed. As of February, Ranked on insured losses in dollars. Consumer Price Index. Source: Insurance Information Institute from data supplied by the U.

Category 1 represents the higher risk of damage from a weak hurricane; Category 5 includes Categories 1 to 4 and the low risk of damage from a Category 5 hurricane. Source: U. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau www. Bureau of the Census. A ship moored in the Sampit River in South Carolina measured sustained winds of mph. High winds associated with Hugo extended far inland, with Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina reporting 67 mph sustained winds with gusts to mph and Charlotte, North Carolina reporting 69 mph sustained winds and gusts to 99 mph.

Hugo was responsible for 21 deaths in the mainland United States, five more in Puerto Rico and the U. Virgin Islands, and 24 more elsewhere in the Caribbean. Virgin Islands. Hurricane Andrew One of the most destructive United States hurricanes of record started modestly as a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August The wave spawned a tropical depression on August 16, which became Tropical Storm Andrew the next day. Further development was slow, as the west-northwestward moving Andrew encountered an unfavorable upper-level trough.

Indeed, the storm almost dissipated on August 20 due to vertical wind shear. By August 21, Andrew was midway between Bermuda and Puerto Rico and turning westward into a more favorable environment.

Rapid strengthening occurred, with Andrew reaching hurricane strength on the 22nd and Category 4 status on the 23rd. After briefly weakening over the Bahamas, Andrew regained Category 4 status as it blasted its way across south Florida on August The hurricane continued westward into the Gulf of Mexico where it gradually turned northward.

This motion brought Andrew to the central Louisiana coast on August 26 as a Category 3 hurricane. Andrew then turned northeastward, eventually merging with a frontal system over the Mid-Atlantic states on August Reports from private barometers helped establish that Andrew's central pressure at landfall in Homestead, Florida was Andrew's peak winds in south Florida were not directly measured due to destruction of the measuring instruments.

An automated station at Fowey Rocks reported mph sustained winds with gusts to mph measured ft above the ground , and higher values may have occurred after the station was damaged and stopped reporting. The National Hurricane Center had a peak gust of mph measured ft above the ground , while a mph gust was measured at a private home. Additionally, Berwick, LA reported 96 mph sustained winds with gusts to mph. Andrew produced a 17 ft storm surge near the landfall point in Florida, while storm tides of at least 8 ft inundated portions of the Louisiana coast.

Andrew also produced a killer tornado in southeastern Louisiana. Andrew is responsible for 23 deaths in the United States and three more in the Bahamas. The vast majority of the damage in Florida was due to the winds. Tropical Storm Alberto Alberto was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on 18 June. The wave moved into the western Caribbean by late June and formed into a tropical depression near the western tip of Cuba on June The cyclone moved northwest through July 1 as it became a tropical storm, then it turned northward.

This motion continued until the cyclone made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle on the 4th. Alberto then moved north-northeastward into western Georgia, where it did a loop on the 5th and 6th. The cyclone finally dissipated over central Alabama on July 7. Alberto's winds and tides produced only minor damage at the coast, but the excessive rains that fell in Georgia, Alabama, and western Florida were another story.

Amounts exceeded 10 inches in many locations, with the maximum being the Severe flooding resulted over large portions of southern Georgia, western Alabama, and the western Florida Panhandle.

Hurricane Opal Opal was first detected as a tropical wave moving off the African coast on September The waved moved westward through the Atlantic and Caribbean and merged with a broad low pressure area over the western Caribbean on September The combined system then developed into a tropical depression near the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on September The depression drifted slowly northward, becoming Tropical Storm Opal as it reached the north coast of Yucatan on the 30th.

Opal then moved slowly westward into the Bay of Campeche, where it became a hurricane on October 2. A gradual north-northeastward turn started later on the 2nd, with acceleration on the 3rd and 4th. Opal continued to strengthen, and a period of rapid strengthening late of the 3rd and early on the 4th made it a Category 4 hurricane. Weakening followed, and Opal was a Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida late on the 4th.

Opal continued quickly north-northeastward and became extratropical over the Ohio Valley on the 5th. The cyclone was last seen over the eastern Great Lakes on October 6. Hurlbert Field, Florida reported sustained winds of 84 mph with a peak gust of mph, and gusts to 70 mph occurred as far inland as northwest Georgia. However, the main impact from Opal was from storm surge. A combination of storm surge and breaking waves inundated portions of the western Florida Panhandle coast to a depth of 10 to 20 ft.

Opal was responsible for 9 deaths in the United States, including 8 from falling trees and one from a tornado. Opal was responsible for 50 deaths in Mexico and Guatemala due to flooding caused by heavy rains. Hurricane Mitch This powerful hurricane began developing over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on 22 October.

It drifted westward and became a tropical storm later that day, then turned northward and became a hurricane by the 24th. Mitch then turned westward again and rapidly strengthened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane with a central pressure of mb on the 26th.

After passing over Swan Island on the 27th, a weakening Mitch moved slowly southward near the coastal Islands of Honduras. It made landfall over northern Honduras on the 29th as a Category 1 hurricane. Mitch gradually turned westward after landfall, and the surface center dissipated neat the Guatemala-Honduras border on 1 November.

The remnant circulation aloft reached the Bay of Campeche on 2 November and began developing again. The re-born Mitch became a tropical storm on 3 November, then moved northeastward across the Yucatan Peninsula on the 4th. Mitch crossed south Florida as a tropical storm on the 5th and then became extratropical later that day.

The extratropical cyclone remained strong as it crossed the Atlantic, eventually affecting the British Isles and Iceland on the 9th and 10th. Mitch ravaged the offshore islands of Honduras with high winds, seas, and storm surge.

However the greatest impact was widespread heavy rains and severe floods in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Mitch caused an estimated 9, deaths in Central America with another 9, missing.

Thirty-one people died when the schooner Fantome sank as it encountered the high winds and seas associated with the hurricane.

Two people died in the Florida Keys when a fishing boat capsized. Hurricane Floyd Floyd was first detected as a tropical wave that moved off the African coast on September 2. The system developed into a tropical depression over the tropical Atlantic on September 7. Moving steadily west-northwestward, the system became a tropical storm the next day and a hurricane on the 10th.

A northwestward turn late on the 10th was followed by a westward turn on the 12th, with the second turn marking the time Floyd started strengthening in earnest. It became a Category 4 hurricane on September 13 as it approached the central Bahama Islands.

A west-northwestward turn late on the 13th took the center through the northeastern Bahamas. This was followed by a gradual turn to the north-northeast, which brought the center to the North Carolina coast near Cape Fear on September 16 as a Category 2 hurricane.

Floyd continued north-northeastward along the coast of the Mid-Atlantic into New England, where the storm became extratropical on the 17th. The remnants of Floyd merged with a large non-tropical low on September While wind gusts of mph and storm surges of 9 to 10 ft were reported from the North Carolina coast, Floyd will be most remembered in the United States for its rainfall.

The combination of Floyd and a frontal system over the eastern United States produced widespread rainfalls in excess of 10 inches from North Carolina northeastward, with amounts as high as These floods also were responsible for 50 of the 56 deaths caused by Floyd in the United States. Floyd also caused damage in the Bahamas, with one death reported. Hurricane Keith Keith began developing on 28 September when a tropical depression formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

The cyclone moved slowly northwestward on the 29th as it became a tropical storm, then it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane on the 30th while drifting westward toward the coast of Belize.

Keith stalled with the eyewall over the offshore islands of Belize on 1 October, and it wasn't until the 3rd that the center made landfall in Belize. Keith weakened during this time and was a tropical storm at landfall. It moved west-northwestward over the Yucatan Peninsula and further weakened to a depression on the 4th.

Keith emerged in the Bay of Campeche late that day and quickly regained tropical storm strength. It again became a hurricane on the 5th before making landfall just north of Tampico, Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The cyclone dissipated over northeastern Mexico the next day. Keith was responsible for 24 deaths - 12 in Nicaragua, 5 in Belize, 6 in Honduras, and 1 in Mexico.

The deaths in Belize occurred when two catamarans broke loose during the storm, while 5 of the deaths in Honduras occurred when an airplane disappeared near Roatan Island. Tropical Storm Allison Allison's long and complex career began on 5 June as an area of disturbed weather over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico developed into a tropical storm. The storm made landfall near Freeport, Texas later that day. Allison weakened to a depression on the 6th, while drifting northward, then it made a slow loop over southeastern Texas from the 7th to the 9th.

The cyclone moved into the Gulf of Mexico on the 10th and acquired subtropical characteristics. It then moved east-northeastward over southeastern Louisiana on the 11th, where it re-intensified into a subtropical storm. Allison weakened back to a subtropical depression on the 12th while continuing east-northeastward, and this motion carried it to southeastern North Carolina by the 14th where it again stalled. The cyclone drifted northward to northeastward drift over land on the 15th and 16th. This was followed by a faster northeastward motion on the 17th as the center emerged into the Atlantic.

Allison regained subtropical storm strength later that day before becoming extratropical on the 18th southeast of Cape Cod. The system dissipated southeast of Nova Scotia the next day. Allison brought tropical-storm-force winds and above normal tides to portions of the Texas and Louisiana coasts. However, the greatest legacy of the cyclone was the widespread heavy rains and resulting floods along the entire path of the cyclone figure.

Houston, Texas, was the worst affected area, as the Port of Houston reported The storm also spawned 23 tornadoes. Hurricane Iris Iris first became a tropical depression just east of the lesser Antilles on 4 October.

The depression tracked west-northwestward into the eastern Caribbean where it became a tropical storm on the 5th and a hurricane on the 6th. Iris then turned westward, passing just south of Jamaica on the 7th. The storm then moved quickly west-southwestward toward the coast of Belize as it became a small but powerful Category 4 hurricane on the 8th figure. Iris made landfall over southern Belize early on the 9th at Category 4 intensity, then quickly weakened after landfall to dissipation later that day.

The winds and storm surges of Iris caused severe damage over portions of the southern Belize coast. The storm was responsible for 31 deaths, including 20 in Belize, 8 in Guatemala, and 3 in the Dominican Republic.

Hurricane Isabel A well-organized but slow moving tropical wave that exited the African coastline on September 1st developed into Tropical Storm Isabel on the morning of September 6th. Isabel became a hurricane on September 7th and rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the 8th while the eye was located more than miles to the east of the Leeward Islands.

This impressive hurricane reached Category 5 strength on September 11th, making Isabel the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Mitch in October The cyclone turned northwestward around the western periphery of the Atlantic ridge beginning on the 15th. Isabel began to weaken on the 15th as conditions aloft became more hostile, and it fell below major hurricane strength for the first time in eight days on the 16th.

Isabel was the worst hurricane to affect the Chesapeake Bay region since Storm surge values of more than 8 feet flooded rivers that flowed into the Bay across Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D. Isabel brought tropical storm force gusts as far north as New York State as it moved inland. The large wind field toppled trees and cut power to more than four million customers.

Hurricane Charley Charley originated from a tropical wave, developing into a tropical depression on August 9 about miles south-southeast of Barbados. The depression strengthened within a low-shear environment to a tropical storm early the next day in the eastern Caribbean, and became a hurricane on the 11th near Jamaica.

Charley's center passed about 40 miles southwest of the southwest coast of Jamaica, and then passed about 15 miles northeast of Grand Cayman as the hurricane reached category 2 strength on the 12th.

Charley turned to the north-northwest and continued to strengthen, making landfall in western Cuba as a category 3 hurricane with m. Charley weakened just after its passage over western Cuba; its maximum winds decreased to about m. Charley then came under the influence of an unseasonably strong mid-tropospheric trough that had dropped from the east-central United States into the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

The hurricane turned north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of Florida as it began to intensify rapidly; dropsonde measurements indicate that Charley's central pressure fell from mb to mb in 4. By 10 am, the maximum winds had increased to near m.

Charley made landfall with maximum winds near m. An hour later, Charley's eye passed over Punta Gorda.