The name Bret has been used for seven
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 ...
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Tropical Storm Bret (1981)
Tropical Storm Bret made a rare landfall on the Delmarva Peninsula in June 1981. The sixth tropical cyclone, third designated tropical depression, and second named storm of the season, Bret developed as a subtropical storm from a large area ...
, made landfall in southern Maryland, no real damage
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Tropical Storm Bret (1987)
The 1987 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average hurricane season that was limited by an ongoing El Niño. The season officially began on June 1, 1987, and lasted until November 30, 1987, although activity began on May 24 when a ...
, short-lived storm, remained in the eastern Atlantic Ocean
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Tropical Storm Bret (1993)
Tropical Storm Bret was the deadliest natural disaster in Venezuela since the 1967 Caracas earthquake. The third tropical cyclone of 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, Bret formed on August 4 from a westward-moving, African tropical wave. Bret ...
, passed over Venezuela, killing 184
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Hurricane Bret (1999)
Hurricane Bret was the first of five Category 4 hurricanes that developed during the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season and the first tropical cyclone since Hurricane Jerry in 1989 to make landfall in Texas at hurricane intensity. Forming fro ...
, strong Category 4 hurricane that hit south Texas, although damage was minimized as it hit a sparsely populated area
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Tropical Storm Bret (2005)
Tropical Storm Bret was a short-lived tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the first of four during the season. The second named storm of the season, Bret developed along a tropi ...
, short-lived storm, made landfall near Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
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Tropical Storm Bret (2011), strong tropical storm, threatened the Bahamas before turning away
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Tropical Storm Bret (2017)
Tropical Storm Bret was the earliest named storm in the calendar year to develop in the Main Development Region of the Atlantic basin on record. The second tropical cyclone of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Bret formed from a tropical wave ...
, formed southeast of Trinidad and affected portions of the southern Windward Islands and the Paria Peninsula of Venezuela
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