User:Jdorje/2005 Atlantic hurricane season
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[edit] June and July
On June 9, nearly a month earlier than the 2004 season started, Tropical Storm Arlene formed in the western Caribbean, crossing Cuba before making landfall on the Florida Panhandle on the 11th. Arlene caused no reported damages, although one swimmer was caught in a riptide and drowned in Miami Beach.
Tropical Storm Bret formed in the Bay of Campeche on June 28, and made landfall in Veracruz the next morning. The storm damaged hundreds of homes, and caused flooding which killed two people.
Hurricane Cindy formed in the Gulf of Mexico on July 4. Cindy made landfall in Louisiana on the 5th as a minimum hurricane, dropping up to 5 inches (130 mm) of rain, spawning several tornadoes, and killing 3 people.
On July 5, Hurricane Dennis formed in the eastern Caribbean; it crossed Grenada before intensifying into a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest ever recorded in July with a pressure of 930 mbar (hPa). Dennis struck Cuba at full force, then made a final landfall on the Florida Panhandle. The hurricane killed 71 people - mostly in Haiti - and caused $4-6 billion in damages in Cuba and the United States.
Soon thereafter, Hurricane Emily formed in the Atlantic on July 11. It entered the Caribbean Sea and quickly intensified a Category 4 storm, breaking Dennis's record for July intensity when its pressure reached 929 mbar (hPa). Emily crossed the Yucatan Peninsula at Category 4 strength before hitting Veracruz at Category 3 strength. Emily killed at least 14 people over the course of its path; damages from the storm have not yet been reported.
Tropical Storm Franklin formed off the Bahamas on July 18. The storm moved northeast, and became extratropical off the coast of Atlantic Canada without ever having threatened land.
Tropical Storm Gert followed soon after on July 24. Gert struck Veracruz near where Emily had hit a few days before; roughly 1,000 people were evacuated for fear of flooding, but no damages or deaths were reported.
[edit] August
August also got off to a fast start, with Tropical Storm Harvey forming southwest of Bermuda on August 3. Harvey dropped some rain on Bermuda as it moved to the northeast; it became extratropical on August 8 in the open Atlantic Ocean.
The depression that would become Hurricane Irene formed west of Cape Verde on August 4. The system moved west and north, and did not reach hurricane strength until August 14, becoming only the second Cape Verde-type hurricane of the season. The hurricane turned northeast, and briefly reached Category 2 status before weakening and becoming extratropical on August 18. Irene never posed a threat to land.
Tropical Depression Ten formed east of the Lesser Antilles on August 13. The system dissipated the next day, although its remnants would play a role in the genesis of Hurricane Katrina.
Tropical Storm Jose followed, forming in the Bay of Campeche on August 22 and making landfall in Veracruz, Mexico the next day. Jose forced 25,000 people to evacuate their homes in Veracruz before killing 8 in Mexican state of Oaxaca; two more were reported missing.
Hurricane Katrina formed in mid-August over the Bahamas, becoming a tropical storm on August 24 and briefly reaching hurricane intensity before making landfall in south Florida, bringing heavy rains. A few hours later the storm entered the Gulf of Mexico and intensified rapidly into a Category 5 hurricane while crossing the Loop Current on August 28. Katrina made landfall on August 29 near the mouth of the Mississippi River as an extremely large Category 3 hurricane. Storm surge caused catastrophic damage along the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Levees separating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans were breached by the surge, ultimately flooding about 80% of the city. Wind damage was reported well inland, impeding relief efforts. Katrina is estimated to be reponsible for $75 billion in damages, making it the costliest hurricane in United States history; the storm has killed at least 1,383 people, becoming the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane.
Tropical Storm Lee formed out in the Atlantic on August 31, but dissipated several days later without having threatened land.
[edit] September
Hurricane Maria lead off the month of September, forming as a tropical storm well east of the Leeward Islands on September 2. Maria reached its peak as Category 3 hurricane on September 5, turning northeast and weakening before becoming extratropical on September 10. Unusually, this extratropical storm strengthened as it moved toward Iceland; its remnants struck Norway where one person was killed in a landslide.
Nate formed southwest of Bermuda on September 5, and moved northeast as it strenghtened into a strong Category 1 hurricane. Nate became extratropical on the 10th; the storm never approached land although it did interfere with Canadian naval vessels en route to the Gulf Coast to help in Katrina relief efforts.
Hurricane Ophelia formed as a tropical storm off the coast of Florida on September 7, and strengthened into a large Category 1 storm before raking a long stretch of the southern North Carolina coast with heavy winds and storm surge on the 12th and 13th. The hurricane's eye never made landfall and moved back out to sea before becoming extratropical on the 17th and striking Atlantic Canada. $1.6 billion in damages is estimated in the United States, and one person was killed directly by the storm.
Philippe formed east of the Leeward Islands on September 17. It moved northwards, reaching Category 1 intensity before weakening and finally dissipating on the 23rd. No land masses were affected.
Hurricane Rita formed as a tropical storm over the Turks and Caicos Islands on September 18. The storm reached Category 2 intensity as it moved south of the Florida Keys on September 20. Rapid intensification ensued as Rita moved into the Gulf of Mexico, and Rita became a Category 5 hurricane on the 21st, becoming the third (now fourth) most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Rita made landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border on September 24. Major flooding was reported in Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, while Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes in Louisiana were devastated. Offshore oil platforms throughout Rita's path also suffered significant damage. Six people are confirmed dead from Rita's direct effects, and total damage from the storm is estimated at $9.4 billion. 113 indirect deaths have been reported, mostly from the mass exodus from Houston and surrounding counties.
Tropical Depression Nineteen formed west of the Cape Verde Islands on September 30, but dissipated on August 2 without having threatened land.
[edit] October
Hurricane Stan was the first October storm, reaching tropical storm status on October 2 just before crossing the Yucatán Peninsula. In the Bay of Campeche, Stan briefly reached hurricane strength before making landfall south of Veracruz, Mexico on October 4. Stan was a part of a large system of rainstorms, which dropped torrential rainfall that caused catastropic flooding and mudslides over southern Mexico and Central America. Well over 1,000 deaths were caused by the flooding, of which 80-100 are attributed to Stan.
Tropical Storm Tammy led a brief existence off the coast of Florida before making landfall in northern Florida on October 5. Tammy dropped heavy rains over portions of the southeast United States before merging with a frontal system that would eventually cause the Northeast Flooding of October 2005.
Subtropical Depression Twenty-two formed southeast of Bermuda on October 8. It dissipated the next day, although its remnants approached New England and contributed to the Northeast Flooding of October 2005.
Hurricane Vince had a very unusal formation in cold waters in the east Atlantic near the Madeira Islands on October 9. The storm made an even more unusual landfall in Spain on October 11.
Wilma formed on October 17 in the western Caribbean southwest of Jamaica and rapidly strengthened. On October 19 it became the strongest Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with 175 mph (280 km/h) winds and a central pressure of 882 mbar (hPa). The hurricane moved slowly and struck Quintana Roo on October 22 as a Category 4 hurricane, causing very heavy damage to Cancun and Cozumel. After emerging into the Gulf of Mexico, Wilma moved quickly northeast to strike southern Florida on the 24th as a Category 3 storm before moving into the Atlantic Ocean and becoming extratropical. Wilma is directly credited with 28 deaths; damages in the United States are estimated at $14.4 billion with damages in Mexico not yet reported.
Tropical Storm Alpha formed in the eastern Caribbean on October 22 and crossed Hispaniola, causing major flooding before merging with Wilma. A total of 42 people are reported dead from the storm in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hurricane Beta formed in the southern Caribbean on October 26 and strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall in Nicaragua on the 30th. Damage and fatalities reports have not yet been made.
[edit] November and December
Tropical activity declined only very slowly as the season wound down. In mid-November, Tropical Storm Gamma formed on the 18th in the Caribbean. Although the storm dissipated on November 20 without having made landfall, rainfall from Gamma caused 35 deaths in Honduras and Belize.
Tropical Storm Delta formed in the eastern Atlantic on November 23; it approached but never attained hurricane strength. Delta became extratropical on the 28th shortly before striking the Canary Islands at full force, causing seven deaths and toppling El Dedo de Diós, a famous land formation on Gran Canaria.
Hurricane Epsilon formed as a tropical storm on November 29 in a hostile environment in the middle of the Atlantic. It reached hurricane strength on December 2 and defied forecasting by persisting for over a week before dissipating.
Tropical Storm Zeta became the final storm of the season when it formed on December 30, tying the record of Hurricane Alice of 1954 as the latest-forming named storm in a season. Zeta dissipated on January 6, 2006, having become the longest-lived January tropical cyclone in Atlantic basin history.
