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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 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 Canadian province of Quebec.
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
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.
The name Debbie has been used for six tropical cyclones worldwide, four in the Atlantic Ocean and two in the Australian region. In the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Debbie (1957), struck the Florida panhandle; Hurricane Debbie (1961), Category 1 hurricane that hit Ireland as an extratropical storm
Hurricane Debbie was an intense and long-lived hurricane that formed during August 1969. The fifth tropical cyclone, fourth named storm, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Debbie formed on August 14 in the southern Atlantic Ocean and took a general northwesterly path until turning northward into the central Atlantic.
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.
On September 28, Debbie intensified into a tropical storm, attaining peak winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). [3] This occurred after the storm developed two distinct spiral rainbands. [4] As Debbie approached the northern Gulf Coast, it failed to intensify, despite warm sea surface temperatures, abundant moisture, and an anticyclone aloft.