The name Erika was 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. Dep ...
s in the Atlantic Ocean. The name replaced
Elena
Elena may refer to:
People
* Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name
* Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician
* Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet
Geography
* Elena (town), a town in Veliko ...
which was retired after the 1985 season.
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Tropical Storm Erika (1991), struck São Miguel and Santa Maria islands in the Azores as an extratropical storm.
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Hurricane Erika (1997)
Hurricane Erika was the strongest and longest-lasting tropical cyclone in the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed from a tropical wave on September 3 and moved west-northwestward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, steadily intensify ...
, long-lived Category 3 hurricane that approached the Lesser Antilles before curving northward and moving into the open ocean.
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Hurricane Erika (2003)
Hurricane Erika was a weak hurricane that struck extreme northeastern Mexico near the Texas-Tamaulipas border in mid-August of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Erika was the eighth tropical cyclone, fifth tropical storm, and third hurricane o ...
, weak Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in northeastern Mexico, near the Texas-Tamaulipas border.
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Tropical Storm Erika (2009), made landfall on Guadeloupe, and dissipated southeast of Puerto Rico the following day.
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Tropical Storm Erika
Tropical Storm Erika was one of the deadliest and most destructive natural disasters in Dominica since Hurricane David in 1979. The fifth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, Erika developed from a westward-moving tropical wave ...
(2015), made landfall on Dominica; caused US$500 million in damage and 31 fatalities.
The name ''Erika'' was retired after the 2015 season, and was replaced by ''
Elsa'' for the 2021 season.
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