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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average Atlantic hurricane season that produced eleven tropical cyclones, nine named storms, three hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. [ 1 ] [ nb 1 ] It officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30, dates that conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones ...
Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane, major hurricane, and most intense hurricane was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that affected areas from the Leeward Islands to Newfoundland. With only 11 tropical depressions and 9 named storms, the 2009 season featured the lowest number of tropical cyclones since the 1997 season , and only one system ...
The two most significant storms of the season, in terms of loss of life and damage, were Hurricanes Bill and Ida. Hurricane Bill was an unusually large storm and was also the season's strongest, attaining winds of 135 mph (215 km/h). [5]
Milton's estimated damage was on par with the combined damage from Hurricanes Helene, Idalia, and Debby. ... Hurricane Milton's estimated damage to Florida's agriculture could go up to $2.5 billion.
The 2009 Super Derecho was an extreme progressive derecho and mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) event that struck southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, and southwestern Illinois on May 8, 2009. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Thirty-nine tornadoes, including two of EF3 strength on the Enhanced Fujita Scale , were reported in addition to high non-tornadic winds ...
Damage from a tornado spurred by Hurricane Milton at the Windgate community in Palm Beach Gardens at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.
Six people are injured as an elevator collapses inside Tower Bridge in London, England. (The People's Republic of China confirms its first case of (A)H1N1 influenza.; An Iranian appellate court releases imprisoned American journalist Roxana Saberi.
The violent storms of this year's hurricane season, which dropped death and devastation in the mountainous region of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, have given way to Arctic cold ...