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Tropical Storm Ida (1986) (T8624, 21W, Uding) – a severe tropical storm that moved across the Philippines. In the South-West Indian Ocean: Tropical Storm Ida (1968) – a severe tropical storm that affected Réunion and Mauritius. In the Australian region: Cyclone Ida (1971) – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that crossed into the South ...
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.
Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Just in recent years, Ian, Ida and Irma all wreaked havoc and left behind death and destruction in the United States. Since 1954, 96 tropical storm names have been retired in the Atlantic, which ...
Deadly. Costly. Catastrophic. These are the main criteria the World Meteorological Organization uses to decide if a name, like Ian, gets retired.
The first are the international names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The second set of names are local names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. This system often ends up with a ...
And while each individual storm is unique, you may be surprised to find that the list of hurricane names gets made before the season even starts. ... 2021: Ida 2022: Fiona and Ian.
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 ...