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Tropical Storm Carlotta
The name Carlotta has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one in the Australian region of the South Pacific. In the Eastern Pacific: * Hurricane Carlotta (1967), did not make landfall. * Hurricane Carlotta (1971), no land was affected. * Hurricane Carlotta (1975), did not come near land. * Hurricane Carlotta (1978), Category 4 hurricane, did not affect land. * Tropical Storm Carlotta (1982), did not make landfall. * Hurricane Carlotta (1988), did not make landfall. * Hurricane Carlotta (1994), churned in the open ocean. * Hurricane Carlotta (2000), killed 18 after sinking a freighter. * Hurricane Carlotta (2006), remained at sea * Hurricane Carlotta (2012), made landfall near Puerto Escondido, Mexico. * Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018) Tropical Storm Carlotta was a moderately strong tropical cyclone that caused flooding in several states in southwestern and central Mexico. Carlotta, the third named storm of the 2018 Pacific hurricane ... [...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] |
