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Hurricane Catarina was an extraordinarily rare hurricane-strength tropical cyclone, forming in the southern Atlantic Ocean in March 2004. [13] Just after becoming a hurricane, it hit the southern coast of Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina on the evening of 28 March, with winds up to 195 kilometres per hour (121 mph) making it a Category 2 ...
The hurricane damaged more than 30,000 homes and left 1,900 people homeless. The storm also damaged 1,373 businesses and destroyed 50, including a hospital. The storm killed 3, injured 38, [36] and caused up to $330 million in damage (2004 USD). [35] This was the first hurricane ever reported in the Atlantic, south of the equator.
The 2024 hurricane season is not going as predicted – yet. So far this year there have been more storms in the Pacific than the Atlantic, including the three spinning now, and that's a surprise ...
An off-season Atlantic hurricane is a tropical or subtropical cyclone that existed in the Atlantic basin outside of the official Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration currently defines the season as occurring between June 1 and November 30 each calendar year, which is when 97% of all Atlantic tropical ...
The National Hurricane Center is currently tracking five tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean, the agency said in an advisory that was updated Thursday afternoon.. There has been a ...
The Atlantic has been asleep since Ernesto dissipated a week ago, but a resurgence of moisture from Africa that began earlier this week may be a sign of a coming pulse of tropical activity with ...
In April 2004, Catarina became the first storm of hurricane strength to be recorded in the South Atlantic Ocean. Since 2011, the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center has started to use the same scale as the North Atlantic Ocean for tropical cyclones in the South Atlantic Ocean and assign names to those that reach 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph). [7]
So far this year, there have been more storms in the Pacific than the Atlantic, and that's a bit of a surprise, forecasters say. In addition, it's been eerily calm in the Atlantic over the past ...