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Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
Hurricane Betsy was an intense, ... the tropical cyclone was given the name Betsy for a period of time as a tropical ... Historic Images of Florida Hurricanes (State ...
The name Betsy has been used for six tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Australian region, and one in the South-West Indian Ocean. In the Atlantic: Hurricane Betsy (1956) , Category 3 major hurricane, caused severe crop and structural damage in Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico
An early example of a woman's name being used for a storm was in the 1941 novel "Storm" by George R. Stewart. The book was dramatized as "A Storm Called Maria" by Disney in 1959.
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet
A view from the interior of Hurricane Betsy's eye, taken by Hurricane hunters before its Florida landfall September 8, 1965– Hurricane Betsy passes through the Florida Keys as a major hurricane, producing moderate rainfall reaching 11.8 inches (300 mm) at Plantation Key and wind gusts reaching an estimated peak of 160 mph (255 km/h) in North ...
Since 1954, 96 tropical storm names have been retired in the Atlantic, which occurs when storms reach a certain threshold and are conside When it comes to retired hurricane names, one letter ...
The strongest hurricane of the season was Betsy, which was also the most damaging storm of the season: it destroyed 15,000 houses and left $40 million in damage in Puerto Rico. [nb 1] Betsy was also the deadliest of the season, having killed 18 people in the French West Indies, two from a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea, and 16 in Puerto Rico ...