The name Earl has been used for eight
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. Depend ...
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
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Hurricane Earl (1980) — a Category 1 hurricane that drifted over the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land.
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Hurricane Earl (1986) — a Category 2 hurricane that drifted over the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land.
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Tropical Storm Earl (1992) — headed towards eastern Florida then veered away; no damage was reported.
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Hurricane Earl (1998) — an asymmetrical Category 2 hurricane that struck the Florida Panhandle, causing approximately US$79 million in damage and 3 fatalities.
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Tropical Storm Earl (2004)
Tropical Storm Earl caused minor damage in the Windward Islands in mid-August 2004. The fifth tropical cyclone and named storm of the annual hurricane season, Earl developed on August 13 from a tropical wave centered well east of the ...
— traversed the Windward Islands, then degenerated to an open tropical wave; this remnant eventually became
Hurricane Frank in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Hurricane Earl (2010)
Hurricane Earl was the first major hurricane to threaten New England since Hurricane Bob in 1991. The fifth named storm of the season, Earl originated from a tropical wave to west of the Cape Verde Islands on August 25, 2010. Tracking nearly ...
— a strong, long-lived Category 4 hurricane that affected most of the United States east coast and Canada.
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Hurricane Earl (2016)
Hurricane Earl was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane to impact Mexico since Hurricane Stan in 2005. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August ...
— struck Belize as a minimal Category 1 hurricane, then made a second landfall near Veracruz, Mexico as a tropical storm, causing US$250 million in damage and 94 deaths.
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Hurricane Earl (2022) – a Category 2 hurricane that drifted over the central Atlantic Ocean, caused 2 fatalities in Puerto Rico when it neared the island as a tropical storm.
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