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Hurricane Larry was a strong and long-lived tropical cyclone that became the first hurricane to make landfall in Newfoundland since Igor in 2010.The twelfth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Larry originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa and organized into a tropical depression on August 31.
After 2006, the name Larry was retired in Australian region. In the Atlantic: Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978 – initially known as Storm Larry in Connecticut; Tropical Storm Larry (2003) – an erratic storm that made landfall at Paraíso, Tabasco; Hurricane Larry (2021) – a large and long-lived hurricane that made landfall in ...
Hurricane Maria: Tropical storm: September 16, 2011 () Cape St. Mary's: Avalon Peninsula: Minor wind damage, wind gusts up to 102 km/h (63 mph). Lesser Antilles: Hurricane Larry: Category 1 hurricane: September 11, 2021 () South East Bight: Avalon Peninsula: Maximum sustained winds at landfall of approximately 150 km/h (92 mph).
Tropical Storm Larry was the twelfth named tropical storm in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of eight storms to impact Mexico from either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans in the season. Larry formed in early October from an extratropical storm in the Bay of Campeche , and reached a peak intensity of 65 mph (105 km/h).
Early the next day, Larry weakened to a Category 2 hurricane as it began encountering decreasing sea surface temperatures. On September 9, the system weakened to a Category 1 hurricane while located roughly 285 mi (460 km) southeast of Bermuda. At 03:30 UTC on September 11, Larry made landfall in Newfoundland along the Burin Peninsula.
The hurricane strengthened further into a Category 4 hurricane. Beryl maintained an initial peak intensity with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). [91] Beryl then underwent an eyewall replacement cycle and briefly weakened to a Category 3 hurricane early on July 1, [92] but regained Category 4 strength six hours later once the cycle was completed. [93]
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...