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Hurricane Hortense (other)
The name Hortense has been used for four tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean and one in the South-West Indian region. * Hurricane Hortense (1984) - meandered over Bermuda as a tropical storm, causing no reported damage. * Tropical Storm Hortense (1990) - disrupted by interaction with Hurricane Gustav. * Hurricane Hortense (1996) - damaging and deadly cyclone that passed over Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico, and grazed the eastern Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The name ''Hortense'' was retired in the Atlantic Basin after the 1996 season, and was replaced by ''List of storms named Hanna, Hanna'' in the 2002 season. In the South Pacific Ocean: * Cyclone Hortense (1969)– tropical cyclone that passed through and affected Fiji and Vanuatu. In the South-West Indian Ocean: * Tropical Storm Hortense (1973) – a powerful tropical storm passed south of Reunion, bringing rain to the island after hitting Madagascar. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hortense Atlantic h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
