The name Chantal has been used for eight
tropical cyclone
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s worldwide: seven in the
Atlantic Ocean
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and one in the South-West
Indian Ocean
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.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Chantal (1983), formed near Bermuda and dissipated in the open ocean.
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Hurricane Chantal (1989)
Hurricane Chantal was one of three tropical cyclones to make landfall in Texas during the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season. The third named storm and the first hurricane of the season, Chantal slowly developed on July 30 in the southern Gulf of Me ...
, 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 causing $100 million dollars in damage.
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Tropical Storm Chantal (1995), never threatened land, dissipated several hundred miles west of Ireland.
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Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
Tropical Storm Chantal was a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that moved across the Caribbean Sea in August 2001. The fourth depression and third named storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, Chantal developed from a tropical wave on Au ...
, degenerated into an open wave shortly after forming, then passed over Trinidad (causing two deaths) and strengthened back into a tropical storm before striking Belize, causing $5 million dollars in damage.
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Tropical Storm Chantal (2007), short-lived storm which caused moderate flooding damage in southeastern Newfoundland.
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Tropical Storm Chantal (2013), formed west of the Cape Verde Islands and weakened before landfall in Hispaniola,
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Tropical Storm Chantal (2019), meandered over the central Atlantic without threatening land.
In the South-West Indian:
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Cyclone Chantal (1961), Category 1 cyclone that didn't affect land
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