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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.
Worldwide, a season's climatological peak activity takes place in late summer, when the difference between air temperature and sea surface temperatures is the greatest. Peak activity in an Atlantic hurricane season happens from late August through September, with a midpoint on September 10. [3] [4]
[4] [10] [11] [12] On September 2, Betsy began to quickly intensify, [13] and after strengthening to a Category 3 hurricane-equivalent – a major hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale [nb 4] – the small hurricane attained Category 4 intensity and reached an initial peak intensity with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h ...
There is no time of year more likely for a tropical system to be spinning in the Atlantic than Sept. 10, which is the climatological peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Around 50% of all ...
The peak of the season is Sept. 10, with the most activity happening between mid-August and mid-October, according to the National Hurricane Center. What are the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season names?
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1 and will run for 183 days through Nov. 30.. Tropical activity can form outside these dates because warm water and favorable atmospheric ...
The 10 costliest Atlantic hurricanes as of January 2023.. As of November 2024, there have been 1,745 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity, 971 at hurricane intensity, and 338 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record. [1]
Hurricane season's ultimate peak is Sept. 10 but the season goes through Nov. 30. Credit: NOAA. The peak of the season is Sept. 10, with the most activity happening between mid-August and mid ...