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The hurricane damaged more than 30,000 homes and left 1,900 people homeless. The storm also damaged 1,373 businesses and destroyed 50, including a hospital. The storm killed 3, injured 38, [36] and caused up to $330 million in damage (2004 USD). [35] This was the first hurricane ever reported in the Atlantic, south of the equator.
Due to the storm's extent and severity of impacts, the name Betsy was retired following the season by the National Hurricane Center, and it will not be used again to name a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. [116] Consequently, the name was replaced with Blanche for the 1969 season. [117]
Atlantic hurricane tracking chart. A tropical cyclone tracking chart is used by those within hurricane-threatened areas to track tropical cyclones worldwide. In the north Atlantic basin, they are known as hurricane tracking charts. New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere and at least ...
Except for those facing a daunting recovery, the rest of us have usually put hurricane season to bed by late December.. But on Dec. 20, 1984, 40 years ago today, forecasters were tracking a ...
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY. Updated September 11, 2024 at 5:55 PM. Hurricane Francine isn't the only storm on the map: ... This week is the typical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.
So far, the 2024 season has produced 18 named storms, 11 of which developed into hurricanes, including five major hurricanes at Category 3 or greater. So far, the 2024 season has produced 18 named ...
Here’s what else you need to know about the hurricane season as it wraps up Saturday. How many named storms and hurricanes were there in 2024? For 2024, NOAA predicted 17 to 25 named storms and ...
A Category 4 hurricane has winds of 113 to 136 kn (130 to 157 mph; 209 to 252 km/h), while a Category 5 hurricane has winds of at least 137 kn (158 mph; 254 km/h). [1] [3] A post tropical cyclone is a system that has weakened, into a remnant low or has dissipated and formal advisories are usually discontinued at this stage. [1]