Tropical Storm Florence

The name Florence has been used for fifteen

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s worldwide, ten in the

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and five in the Eastern

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. In the Atlantic: *

Hurricane Florence (1953) Hurricane Florence was a strong Atlantic hurricane that struck the Florida Panhandle in September of the 1953 season. The eighth storm and fifth hurricane of the season, Florence developed in the western Caribbean from a tropical wave near Jam ...

– destroyed hundreds of homes in Florida, no deaths. * Tropical Storm Florence (1954) – killed 5 and caused $1.5 million in damage in Mexico. * Tropical Storm Florence (1960) – caused slight damage to Florida. *

Tropical Storm Florence (1964) The 1964 Atlantic hurricane season featured the highest number of U.S.-Landfall (meteorology), landfalling hurricanes since 1933 Atlantic hurricane season, 1933. The Atlantic hurricane season, season officially began on June 15, and lasted ...

– passed west over the Azores while forming, went north, dissipated at sea. * Hurricane Florence (1988) – formed in western Gulf of Mexico, passed over New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. *

Hurricane Florence (1994) The 1994 Atlantic hurricane season was the final season in the most recent negative Atlantic multidecadal oscillation period ("low-activity era" or "cold phase") of tropical cyclone formation within the basin. The season produced seven named tr ...

– absorbed by a cold front without threatening land. *

Hurricane Florence (2000) Hurricane Florence attained Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, Category 1 intensity on three separate occasions in mid-September 2000. The tenth tropical cyclone, sixth named storm, and third hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane se ...

– meandered near Bermuda but caused no damage. *

Hurricane Florence (2006) Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane-force winds on the island of Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in September 2003. The seventh tropical cyclone, tropical storm and second hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic ...

– struck Bermuda and later Newfoundland. *

Tropical Storm Florence (2012) The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was the final year in a string of three consecutive very active seasons since 2010, with 19 tropical storms. The 2012 season was also a costly one in terms of property damage, mostly due to Hurricane Sandy ...

– formed near the Cape Verde Islands. *

Hurricane Florence Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain. The sixth named storm, third hurri ...

(2018) – peaked as a Category 4, killed 57 people and caused extensive damage in both North and South Carolina. The

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retired the name ''Florence'' from future use in the Atlantic basin after the 2018 season. It was replaced with ''

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'' for the 2024 season. In the Eastern Pacific: *

Hurricane Florence (1963) The 1963 Pacific hurricane season was a below-average season, with 8 storms and 4 hurricanes forming. The season ran through the summer and fall of 1963. The strongest of these storms were Glenda and Mona, which both had winds. The first storm ...

Tropical Storm Florence (1965) The 1965 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1965, in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1965, in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1965. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical ...

Tropical Storm Florence (1969) The 1969 Pacific hurricane season had below average tropical cyclone activity, with only ten named storms forming; most of these storms never approached land. Only four named storms reached hurricane strength, of which none became a major hurri ...

Hurricane Florence (1973) The 1973 Pacific hurricane season was an above average season, with twelve named tropical cyclones in total. Seven storms became hurricanes, of which three were major (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale). The season official ...

Hurricane Florence (1977) The 1977 Pacific hurricane season stands alongside 2010 as the least active Pacific hurricane season since reliable records began in 1971. Only eight tropical storms formed throughout the year; four further intensified into hurricanes, yet none ...

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