The name Dennis has been used for five

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 ...

s in the

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 ...

and for one extratropical

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensit ...

. The name was removed from reuse in the Atlantic after the 2005 season, and was replaced by ''Don'' for the 2011 season. In the Atlantic: *

Hurricane Dennis (1981) Hurricane Dennis caused severe flooding in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in August 1981. The tenth tropical cyclone and fourth named storm of the season, Dennis developed from a tropical wave well south of Cabo Verde on August 7. The dep ...

, a weak storm that made landfall in Cuba and then Florida, causing moderate damage. * Tropical Storm Dennis (1987), remained in the open ocean. * Tropical Storm Dennis (1993), never threatened land. *

Hurricane Dennis (1999) Hurricane Dennis caused flooding in North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic states in early September 1999, which would later be compounded by Hurricane Floyd. The fifth tropical cyclone of the season, Dennis developed from a tropical wave to t ...

, a Category 2 hurricane that grazed the Bahamas and stalled east of Outer Banks of North Carolina before making landfall there. *

Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. F ...

(2005), a potent and damaging storm that made landfall in Cuba twice as a Category 4 hurricane and once in Florida as a Category 3. Formed July 4, 2005 and dissipate July 13, 2005. In Europe: *

Storm Dennis Storm Dennis was a European windstorm which, in February 2020, became one of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever recorded, reaching a minimum central pressure of . The thirteenth named storm of the 2019–20 European windstorm season, De ...

, an intense storm that affected the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia.

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