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Tropical Storm Fay was an unusual tropical storm that moved erratically across the state of Florida and the Caribbean Sea. The sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season , Fay formed from a vigorous tropical wave on August 15 over the Dominican Republic .
2008 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly $50 billion (2008 USD) in damage. The season ranked as the third costliest ever at the time, but has since fallen to seventh costliest.
Track of Tropical Storm Fay. On August 6, 2008, a tropical wave emerged over the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. Tracking westward, the system gradually organized into a tropical depression on August 15 just west of Puerto Rico. After making landfall in the Dominican Republic, the
The 2008 hurricane season officially began on June 1, [22] though Tropical Storm Arthur formed one day earlier. [23] The season was above-average, featuring 16 named storms, 8 of which intensified into hurricanes, while 5 of the hurricanes reached major hurricane status. [ 24 ]
By the numbers, Tropical Storm Fay in 2008 didn't even register on the scale of dangerous storms before it made four separate landfalls in Florida. In this case, it was not Fay's strength, but its ...
0615 UTC (2:15 a.m. EDT) – Tropical Storm Fay makes a record-breaking fourth landfall on Florida, just southwest of Carrabelle, with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h). [12] August 24. 0000 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT August 23) – Tropical Storm Fay weakens to a tropical depression. [12] August 25 Hurricane Gustav near peak intensity
Tropical Depression 19, now Tropical Storm Sara, on satellite over the western Caribbean and Central America on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. The storm is expected to flood parts of Honduras and the ...
Hector, formerly a tropical storm, dissipated early Thursday morning more than 1,000 miles from Hilo, Hawaii, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, which has released its final update ...