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During a nine-day period, from 1–9 November, Storm Quinn and Rolf dropped prolific amounts of rainfall across southwestern Europe, the vast majority of which came from Rolf, with a maximum total of 605 mm (23.8 in) of rain recorded in southern France. [90] [89] The storm caused at least $1.25 billion (2011 USD) in damages in Italy and France ...
October 16, 2018 – Hurricane Michael 's remnants reached Portugal and Spain as an extratropical cyclone. On September 12, 2019 – The remnants of Tropical Storm Gabrielle struck Ireland. Later, it struck Great Britain. September 24, 2019 – The extratropical remnants of Hurricane Humberto (2019) struck the British Isles.
Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to simplify communication between forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches and warnings. The names are intended to reduce confusion in the event of concurrent storms in the same basin. Once storms develop sustained wind speeds of more than 33 ...
Storm Daniel, also known as Cyclone Daniel, was the deadliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in recorded history, as well as one of the costliest tropical cyclones on record outside of the North Atlantic Basin. Forming as a low-pressure system around 4 September 2023, the storm affected Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey with extensive flooding.
It might sound absurd — you don't often hear about named Atlantic storms hitting anywhere in Europe. European hurricanes are exceptionally rare — but they could become more common Skip to main ...
Hurricane Gonzalo. Hurricane Gordon (2006) Tropical Storm Grace (2009)
t. e. A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (/ ˈhʌrɪkən, - keɪn /), typhoon ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to tropical cyclones: Tropical cyclone – storm characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produces strong winds and heavy rain. Tropical cyclones develop or strengthen when water evaporated from the ocean is released as the saturated air ...