The name Debby 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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Hurricane Debby (1982)
Hurricane Debby was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, with winds peaking at . The fourth named storm, second hurricane, and the only major hurricane of the season, Debby developed near the north coast of Hispa ...
– reached Category 4 strength, grazed Bermuda, and caused high winds at Cape Race, but no significant damage
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Hurricane Debby (1988)
Hurricane Debby was the first hurricane to strike the Mexican state of Veracruz since Hurricane Anna in 1956. The eighth tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, and the first hurricane of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, Debby developed from a ...
– made landfall at Tuxpan, Veracruz, killing ten; later became Tropical Depression 17-E in the eastern Pacific
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Tropical Storm Debby (1994) – formed near and passed over Saint Lucia, causing severe flooding and mudslides, and later dissipated over Hispañola; nine deaths were reported
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Hurricane Debby (2000)
Hurricane Debby caused minor damage in the Greater and Lesser Antilles in August 2000. The seventh tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, and second hurricane of the annual season, Debby developed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser A ...
– was a disorganized storm that caused minor damage to the Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles
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Tropical Storm Debby (2006)
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active since 1997 as well as the first season since 2001 in which no hurricanes made landfall in the United States, and was the first since 1994 in which no tropical cyclones formed during Octobe ...
– formed south of Cape Verde and dissipated in the Central Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Debby (2012) – formed near the Yucatán peninsula, and made landfall in Florida
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Tropical Storm Debby (2018)
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was the third in a consecutive series of above-average and damaging Atlantic hurricane seasons, featuring 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes, which caused a total of over $50 billion (2 ...
– did not affect land
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Hurricane Debby (2024)
Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving and erratic Category 1 hurricane that caused widespread flooding across the Southeastern United States in early August 2024. The fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Deb ...
– impacted the East Coast of the United States
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