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Hurricane Debby was a slow-moving, destructive and erratic tropical cyclone that caused widespread severe flooding across the Southeastern United States and portions of Atlantic Canada, becoming the costliest natural disaster in the history of the province of Quebec.
Hurricane Debby was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1982 Atlantic hurricane season, with sustained winds reaching 130 mph (210 km/h). The fourth named storm , second hurricane, and the only major hurricane of the season, Debby developed near the north coast of Hispaniola from a westward moving tropical wave on September 13.
Hurricane Debby was the first hurricane to strike the Mexican state of Veracruz since Hurricane Anna in 1956. The eighth tropical cyclone , fourth named storm , and the first hurricane of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season , Debby developed from a tropical wave off the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on August 31.
Tropical Depression Four entered the Gulf of Mexico where it further intensified into Tropical Storm Debby later on August 3. [46] In the Gulf of Mexico, it intensified from tropical storm to hurricane status late on August 4, before making landfall in Florida. [137] On August 5, Debby made its first landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida. [138]
The name Debby has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Debby (1982) – reached Category 4 strength, grazed Bermuda, and caused high winds at Cape Race, but no significant damage; Hurricane Debby (1988) – made landfall at Tuxpan, Veracruz, killing ten; later became Tropical Depression 17-E in the eastern Pacific
The seventh tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, and second hurricane of the annual season, Debby developed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles on August 19. Favorable conditions allowed the depression to become Tropical Storm Debby early on August 20, and further strengthening into a hurricane occurred 24 hours later.
The number of $1 billion Atlantic hurricanes almost doubled from the 1980s to the 2010s, and inflation-adjusted costs have increased more than elevenfold. [1] The increases have been attributed to climate change, more people moving to coastal areas, [1] and the dramatic increase in construction costs since 1980.
August 28–29, 2023 - Hurricane Idalia brushed past extreme western Cuba as a strong tropical storm. Idalia brought some minor to moderate flooding to western Cuba as well as some sustained tropical storm force winds. August 2–3, 2024 - The precursor to Hurricane Debby would make numerous