Hurricane Chantal

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The name Chantal has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • 1983's Hurricane Chantal - formed near Bermuda but missed it, dying in the open sea.
  • 1989's Hurricane Chantal - formed north of the Yucatán, made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Texas, causing 13 deaths, including 10 on an oil rig construction ship off Louisiana. $100 million damage reported.
  • 1995's Tropical Storm Chantal - never threatened land, died out several hundred miles west of Ireland.
  • 2001's Tropical Storm Chantal - became a depression but degenerated, then passed over Trinidad (causing two deaths) and strengthened into a tropical storm before striking Belize, causing $5 million damage there.
  • 2007's Tropical Storm Chantal - Short-lived storm which caused moderate flooding damage in southeastern Newfoundland
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