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Hurricane Elsa (2021) – a Category 1 hurricane that became the earliest fifth named storm on record in the Atlantic, and affected parts of the Caribbean, the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada.
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
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.
Meteorologist Kristen Currie is in Florida, giving us a firsthand look at Hurricane Helene and its impacts.
Elsa became an extratropical cyclone at 18:00 UTC on July 9 over eastern Massachusetts, before the remnants dissipated over Atlantic Canada on the following day. [39] While passing through the Windward Islands, Elsa produced sustained hurricane-force winds on Barbados, the first storm to do so since Janet in 1955.
Hurricane Helene was expected to become more intense Thursday, with AccuWeather forecasters predicting that the storm would be classified as a Category 4 by the time it makes landfall.
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth consecutive above-average and damaging season dating back to 2016. The season featured eighteen named storms, however, many storms were weak and short-lived, especially towards the end of the season. Six of those named storms achieved hurricane status, while three intensified into major hurricanes.
Hurricane Kate (1985) – Category 3 hurricane with similar track and landfall location; Hurricane Earl (1998) – struck the Florida panhandle as a Category 2 hurricane; Hurricane Gordon (2000) – moved ashore near Cedar Key, Florida, and proceeded up the east coast; Tropical Storm Colin (2016) – took a similar path a couple of months earlier