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  2. List of retired Atlantic hurricane names - Wikipedia

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    The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

  3. Hurricane Isabel - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch, and the deadliest, costliest, and most intense tropical cyclone in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Isabel was also the strongest hurricane in the open waters of the Atlantic, both by wind speed and central pressure, before being surpassed by hurricanes Irma and ...

  4. 2003 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    The strongest hurricane of the season was Hurricane Isabel, which reached Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale northeast of the Lesser Antilles; Isabel later struck North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, causing $3.6 billion in damage (2003 USD) and a total of 51 deaths across the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

  5. Hurricane names: Why we name storms, how they are selected - AOL

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    Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms.

  6. Here's how many Category 5 hurricanes have hit mainland U.S.

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    Hurricanes Allen in 1980, Isabel in 2003 and Ivan in 2004 each soared to Category 5 intensity three separate times in their journeys. ... When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...

  7. List of Maryland hurricanes (1950–present) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Here's the Complete List of Hurricane Names for 2024 - AOL

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    The Atlantic hurricane season lasts a whopping six months of the year, so it's no wonder why we have to keep track of each tropical storm with its own name. Hurricane season, in the Atlantic, goes ...

  9. Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia proved to be the costliest disaster in the history of Virginia. [1] Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of ...