The name Gabrielle has been used for nine
tropical cyclone
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s worldwide, six in the
Atlantic Ocean
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, one in the South-West
Indian Ocean
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and two in the Australian region.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Gabrielle (1989)
Hurricane Gabrielle was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused nine fatalities in the United States and Canada, despite remaining hundreds of miles offshore. The tenth tropical cyclone, seventh named storm, fifth hurricane, and first major hur ...
– reached Category 4 and, though never striking land, caused large ocean swells on the East Coast of the United States that killed eight.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle (1995)
Tropical Storm Gabrielle caused moderate flooding in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas in August 1995. The eighth tropical cyclone and seventh named storm of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, Gabrielle developed from a tropical wa ...
– strengthened rapidly but formed too close to land to reach hurricane strength before making landfall in Mexico, causing minimal damage.
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Hurricane Gabrielle (2001)
Hurricane Gabrielle was a North Atlantic hurricane that caused flooding in both Florida and Newfoundland in September 2001. It developed in the Gulf of Mexico on the same day as the September 11 attacks; after the attacks, flights were canceled ...
– made landfall near Venice, Florida as a tropical storm, exited back into the ocean and strengthened into a minimal hurricane, degenerating south of Newfoundland.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007) – subtropical storm that became a weak tropical storm prior to making landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, causing light damage.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2013) – short-lived, weak tropical storm that formed and dissipated in the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
south of Puerto Rico, but reformed close to Bermuda.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2019) – weak and disorganized tropical storm that dissipated over the eastern Atlantic, but later regenerated and intensified into a moderate tropical storm.
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle (1982) The name Gabrielle has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide, six in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean and two in the Australian region.
In the Atlantic:
* Hurricane Gabrielle (1989) – reached Category 4 and, though ...
– a moderate tropical storm that brushed the islands of Mauritius and Réunion without causing damage.
In the Australian region:
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Tropical Low Gabrielle (2009) – downgraded to a tropical low in post-analysis, did not affect land.
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Cyclone Gabrielle
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated the North Island of New Zealand and affected parts of Vanuatu and Australia in February 2023. It is the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the Southern Hemisph ...
(2023) – a strong tropical cyclone which crossed to the South Pacific basin and severely affected New Zealand as a subtropical system.
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