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List Of Hurricanes Named Georges
The name Georges was used for two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Hurricane Georges (1980) – Category 1 hurricane looped across the north Atlantic Ocean without causing any reported damage. * Hurricane Georges (1998) – Category 4 hurricane that wrought death and destruction across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The name ''Georges'' was retired after the hurricane in 1998 and was replaced by ''List of storms named Gaston, Gaston'' in 2004. See also * List of storms named George * List of storms named Georgette {{DEFAULTSORT:Georges, Hurricane Atlantic hurricane set index articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, 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 called a 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. A typhoon is the same thing which occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, comparable storms are referred to as "tropical cyclones". In modern times, on average around 80 to 90 named tropical cyclones form each year around the world, over half of which develop hurricane-force winds of or more. Tropical cyclones tropical cyclogenesis, typically form over large bodies of relatively warm water. They derive their energy through the evaporation of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse colonization of North America, Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an Age of Discovery, age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hurricane Georges (1980)
The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season featured nine hurricanes, the most since 1969. This hurricane season was fairly active, with sixteen tropical cyclones forming, eleven of which strengthened into named tropical storms. The season officially began on June 1, 1980, and lasted until November 30, 1980. It was the first time since the 1971 season that there were no active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during the month of June. The season occurred during an ENSO-neutral phase, having neither an El Niño nor a La Niña. The three most notable storms of the season were Hurricane Allen, Tropical Storm Hermine, and Hurricane Jeanne. Allen was the then-earliest Category 5 hurricane in the calendar year on record, reaching that intensity on August 5. The storm devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States. Overall, Allen caused about $1.57 billion and at least 269 deaths. Hermine caused significant flooding in southern Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hurricane Georges
Hurricane Georges () was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone which caused severe destruction as it traversed the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in September 1998, making seven landfalls along its path. Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. It became one of the most destructive storm of the season, the costliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and remained the costliest until Hurricane Charley in 2004, and the deadliest since Hurricane Gordon in 1994. Georges killed 615 people, mainly on the island of Hispaniola, caused extensive damage resulting in just under $10 billion (US dollars in 1998) in damages and leaving nearly 500,000 people homeless in St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba. The hurricane made landfall in at least six countries (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the United States), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Storms Named Gaston ...
The name Gaston has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. * Hurricane Gaston (2004), caused heavy flooding in Richmond, Virginia. * Tropical Storm Gaston (2010), short-lived tropical storm that dissipated before reaching land. * Hurricane Gaston (2016), long-lived category 3 hurricane that churned in the open ocean. * Tropical Storm Gaston (2022), formed in the middle of the ocean without affecting land. {{storm index, Gaston Gaston Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) * Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Storms Named George
The name George has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the Australian region and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: * 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, designated "George" by the Weather Bureau office in Miami * Hurricane George (1950), developed southeast of Bermuda, intensified to Category 2 hurricane and became extratropical south of Newfoundland * Tropical Storm George (1951), struck Bay of Campeche and made landfall in Tampico, Mexico In the Australian region: * Cyclone George (2007), developed in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, intensified to a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale) and hit the Pilbara coast In the South Pacific Ocean: * Tropical Depression George (1976) – a tropical depression that minimal affected in the Queensland. See also * List of storms named Georges * List of storms named Georgette The name Georgette has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. One of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Storms Named Georgette
The name Georgette has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. One of these crossed into the Western Pacific Ocean where it degraded into a tropical wave then regenerated into a severe tropical storm. * Tropical Storm Georgette (1967) – never affected land * Tropical Storm Georgette (1971) – remained over the open ocean * Tropical Storm Georgette (1975) – had no impact on land * Hurricane Georgette (1980) – had no impact * Tropical Storm Georgette (1986) – weak storm that degraded into a tropical wave and crossed into the Western Pacific where it reorganized * Hurricane Georgette (1992) – Category 2 hurricane, remained over the open ocean * Hurricane Georgette (1998) – Category 3 major hurricane, never affected land * Tropical Storm Georgette (2004) – remained over the open ocean * Tropical Storm Georgette (2010) – short-lived storm that struck Baja California Sur * Hurricane Georgette (2016) – Category 4 major hurricane, ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
