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The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a destructive and deadly Atlantic hurricane season. Despite having an average number of named storms and below average amount of major hurricanes, [nb 1] it became the fourth-costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind only 2024, 2005, and 2017, mostly due to Hurricane Ian. The season officially ...
August 2–3 - Across Puerto Rico, the outer bands of Tropical Storm Bertha dropped a general 3 to 5 in (76 to 127 mm) of rain, [92] with isolated areas reaching 10 in (250 mm), over areas suffering from a drought. [93] Accumulations peaked at 11.11 in (282 mm) in Adjuntas. [94] Landslides blocked a few roads around Aceitunas. [95]
June 1. The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [3]June 5. Tropical Storm Alex at peak intensity west of Bermuda on June 5. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. EDT, June 4) at – Tropical Storm Alex forms from a low-pressure system about 85 mi (140 km) north of Grand Bahama Island
NOAA predicted up to 20 named storms in 2022, including five major hurricanes, but the year got off to a very slow start. Going all the way back to Ana in 2015, we've had at least one named storm ...
Drivers drive on a dark road after the passing of Hurricane Fiona that left the parts of the island without power, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (Stephanie Rojas/)
Hurricane Earl was a large, long-lived Category 2 hurricane that brought heavy rain to Puerto Rico and Newfoundland in September 2022 despite remaining mostly out to sea. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season , Earl originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 25.
A hurricane watch is in place for the British Virgin Islands, while a tropical storm watch is in effect for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra — all of which are popular ...
August 16, 1508 – Hurricane San Roque is considered to be the first recorded hurricane to affect Puerto Rico. Reported by Juan Ponce de León, his caravel left Santo Domingo, but another storm after the preceding storm beached it on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico at Guayanilla. [2] It mainly affected the southwest coast of the island. [3 ...