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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.
A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawaii. Tropical cyclone ...
In 1989 the name Iva was removed as it was pronounced very similarly to Iwa, which was retired from the Central Pacific lists of names in 1982 after affecting Hawaii. [20] In the early 1990s the names Fefa and Ismael were both retired after they affected Hawaii and Northern Mexico, respectively. [18] Hurricane Pauline became the deadliest ...
The biggest example of a retired hurricane name in the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane which devastated Louisiana and other southern states and killed almost 1,900 people in ...
Only two hurricanes have made landfall in Hawaii since the 1950s: Hurricane Dot in 1959 and Hurricane Iniki in 1992. The Hawaiian Islands are experiencing the effects of Hurricane Lane, a Category ...
Some of these names include Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, Sandy in 2012, Katrina in 2005 and more. When is hurricane season? Hurricane season runs from June 1 until Nov. 30, according to the ...
Only if the storm first forms in the Central Pacific basin will it get a Hawaiian name, such as Hurricane Hone. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Hawaii still on alert: Tropical Storm ...
A revised list of Hawaiian tropical storm/hurricane names has been created for the central Pacific and will be used for the first time during the 2007 hurricane season. The list is a collaborative effort between the CPHC and the University of Hawaii Hawaiian Studies Department to ensure the correct meaning and appropriate historical and ...