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Hurricane Erin was the first hurricane to strike the contiguous United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The fifth tropical cyclone , fifth named storm , and second hurricane of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season , Erin developed from a tropical wave near the southeastern Bahamas on July 31.
August 2, 1995- Hurricane Erin strikes near Vero Beach and days later near Fort Walton Beach, producing moderate rainfall including totals of 10.14 inches (258 mm) in Melbourne and 20 inches (510 mm) in DeFuniak Springs on the Florida Panhandle. Thousands of homes are damaged near the hurricane's two landfalls, with monetary damage totaling ...
Hurricane Erin was the longest-lived hurricane in the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season.The sixth tropical depression, fifth tropical storm, and first hurricane of the season, Erin developed from a tropical wave on September 1.
August 2, 1995: Hurricane Erin: During the early morning of August 2, Erin made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the east side of Florida, crossing between Vero Beach and Sebastian Inlet. The ...
Early on August 24, the storm strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. Later that day, Erin peaked with sustained winds of 105 mph (170 km/h). The storm then began to weaken and degenerated into a tropical storm on August 27. Shortly thereafter, Erin transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over the far northern Atlantic. [36]
13:30 UTC (8:30 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Erin strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) as its eyewall makes landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida. [15] 16:00 UTC (11:00 a.m. CDT) – Hurricane Erin weakens into a Category 1 hurricane due to interaction with Santa Rosa Island. [15]
Erin was the first hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. [12] In Jamaica, the outer bands of Erin produced heavy rainfall on the island, which caused a plane crash, killing five people; two other fatalities occurred when two people were struck by lightning. Although many islands in the Bahamas experienced high ...
Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, having earlier intensified into a Category 5 storm, the most severe. It's set to make landfall on Wednesday in Florida, which is still reeling from ...