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The name Don has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. It replaced the name Dennis, which was retired after the 2005 season. Tropical Storm Don (2011), weak tropical storm that made landfall on southern Texas; Tropical Storm Don (2017), short-lived tropical storm that dissipated before reaching the Windward Islands
Tropical cyclones are named to avoid confusion with the public and streamline communications, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists, [1] and are usually assigned to tropical cyclones with one-, three- or ten-minute windspeeds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2011. [111] This was the same list used in the 2005 season with the exceptions of Don, Katia, Rina, Sean, and Whitney, which replaced Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, and Wilma, respectively.
The original WMO policy of naming storms with Greek letters stated that if a storm was destructive enough to warrant retirement of the name, the Greek letter would be used again, but the name, with the year after it, would be included in the list of retired names; for example, "Alpha (2005)" would be listed under retired names, but Alpha could ...
After control of the naming of hurricanes was turned over to the WMO's Hurricane Committee during the mid-1970s, the 1980s marked the least prolific decade regarding the number of retired storms, with 7 names warranting removal. Between them the 7 systems caused over $23.1 billion in damage while over 891 people lost their lives.
Hurricane Isabel, one of the most significant storms to affect the region, on September 18, 2003. Since 1950, 144 known hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions have affected the U.S. state of Maryland. Many of these storms also affect the country's capital, Washington, D.C., since the city is located on territory ceded by Maryland ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Before 1950, storms were numbered based on their appearance in the Atlantic hurricane database; tropical depressions were unnumbered. [7] [8] [9] Storms before 1851 are unofficial and are not part of the official Atlantic hurricane best track. [10] In addition, a hurricane from May 1863, labeled "Amanda", is included after being rediscovered in ...