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Hurricane Anna impacted Central America and the Windward Islands in July 1961. The first tropical cyclone and first hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season , Anna developed on July 20 from an easterly wave located in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the Windward Islands.
Next, Hurricane Anna developed in the eastern Caribbean Sea near the Windward Islands on July 20. It brought minor damage to the islands in, as well as wind and flood impacts to Central America after striking Belize as a hurricane. [nb 1] Anna caused one death and about $300,000 (1961 USD) [nb 2] in damage. Activity went dormant for nearly a ...
Hurricane Anna (1961), Category 2 hurricane that moved through the Caribbean Sea; caused one death and moderate damage in Central America Hurricane Anna (1965) , fast-tracking hurricane across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; extratropical remnants dissipated near Ireland
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A National Weather Service technician monitors Hurricane Carla on a WSR-57 radar on Sept. 10, 1961. (NOAA) For more than 60 years, Hurricane Carla has been the benchmark for landfalling hurricanes ...
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Hurricane Anna formed in the Atlantic. The storm would strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale before dissipating on July 24, causing one fatality and $300,000 (1961 USD ) in damage, mostly in Central America.