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The 1981 Atlantic hurricane season featured direct or indirect impacts from nearly all of its 12 tropical or subtropical storms.Overall, the season was fairly active, with 22 tropical depressions, 12 of which became named storms. 7 of those reached hurricane status and a further 3 intensified into major hurricanes.
Part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Dennis caused severe flooding in Miami-Dade County, Florida , in August 1981. The tenth tropical cyclone and fourth named storm of the season , Dennis developed from a tropical wave well south of Cabo Verde on August 7.
Hurricane Katrina was a late-forming tropical cyclone that impacted portions of the Greater Antilles and Bahamas in November 1981. The twenty-first tropical cyclone, eleventh named storm, and seventh hurricane of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina developed from an area of cloudiness in the western Caribbean Sea early on November 3 ...
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Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Irma, Maria, Sandy, Ida and Harvey. [65] [66]
Due to the hurricane's impact, the name Allen was retired from the six-year revolving list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names in 1981 and replaced by Andrew. The remnants of the storm caused a brief lapse in the heat wave of 1980 in places like Dallas/Fort Worth , Texas, which had recorded 69 days of 100 °F (38 °C) heat.
Part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Bret was a strong tropical storm that 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 of frontal clouds near ...
Before South Carolina’s win over No. 1 Alabama in 2010, it was this victory over the Tar Heels that ranked as the biggest upset in USC program history.