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    Puerto Rico in 24 years. The third tropical cyclone of the 1956 Atlantic hurricane season, Betsy developed from a tropical wave on August 9 to the east of...
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    The 1956 Atlantic hurricane season featured a decent number of tropical cyclones, although most tropical storms and hurricanes affected land. There were...
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  • Atlantic: Hurricane Betsy (1956), Category 3 major hurricane, caused severe crop and structural damage in Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico Hurricane Betsy (1961)...
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    United States. Additionally, Hurricanes Easy, King, Isbell, and Betsy hit the state as major hurricanes. August 31, 1950– Hurricane Baker strikes near Mobile...
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    Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Betsy (1956) Hurricane Betsy Hurricane David Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Gracie Hurricane Hortense Hurricane Inez Hurricane...
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    inches (187 mm) in Adel. September 10-12, 1965 – The outer bands of Hurricane Betsy drop light rainfall in the state, peaking at 3.48 inches (88 mm) in...
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    Bahamas-Nantucket Hurricane of 1932 Hurricane Betsy (1956) Hurricane Betsy Hurricane David Hurricane Gracie Hurricane Hortense Hurricane Inez Hurricane Lili (1996)...
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    hurricane in this period was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Six hurricanes have made landfall as major hurricanes, the strongest of them being Hurricane Camille...
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    Prevention "Hurricane Costs". www.coast.noaa.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2018. "Ascertainment of the estimated excess mortality from Hurricane María in Puerto...
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    Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was an extremely large and destructive tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and...
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    official woman name and an informal saint name were Hurricane Betsy (Santa Clara, August 12, 1956) and Hurricane Donna (San Lorenzo, September 5, 1960). Tropical...
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    Hugo was the first significant hurricane to strike the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico region since Hurricane Betsy in 1956. Hugo tracked through the Virgin...
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    The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (119 km/h)...
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  • $708 million 2008 USD). August 16, 1956 – Hurricane Betsy brushes the coastline with rainfall. September 8, 1956 – The interaction between a high-pressure...
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    The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year, from June 1 through November 30, when tropical or subtropical cyclones are most likely to form...
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    cumulative list of previously used tropical cyclone (tropical storm and hurricane) names which have been permanently removed from reuse in the North Atlantic...
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    August 12, 1956Hurricane Betsy September 5–6, 1960 – Hurricane Donna October 2–3, 1961 – Tropical Storm Frances September 26, 1963 – Hurricane Edith August...
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    Within the North Atlantic Ocean, a Category 3 hurricane is a tropical cyclone, that has 1-minute sustained wind speeds of between 96–112 knots (110–129 mph;...
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    research flights into hurricanes Donna (1960), Cleo (1964), and Betsy (1965), the Project also began to create computer models of hurricane circulation, formulated...
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    suburbs near the Lake. Hurricane Flossy in 1956 resulted in flooding in parts of Eastern New Orleans.[citation needed] Hurricane Betsy in 1965 alerted a new...
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    9th Ward flooded during Hurricane Flossy in 1956, and the Lower 9th Ward experienced catastrophic flooding in Hurricane Betsy in 1965. In 1960, the Ninth...
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    naming hurricanes after saints. Two cyclones have been given both women's and saint's names: Hurricane Betsy (Santa Clara, August 12, 1956) and Hurricane Donna...
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    from Ramey flew the first WC-130 Hurricane Hunter mission on 27 August 1965, penetrating the eye of Hurricane Betsy. In the 1970s, after its move to Keesler...
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    Hurricane Isbell drop light rainfall. September 13, 1965 – The remnants of Hurricane Betsy produce light rainfall across western part of the state. September...
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    Hurricane Gustav (/ˈɡʊstɑːv/) was the second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane...
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    Guadeloupe Hurricane Allen Hurricane Betsy (1956) Hurricane Cleo Hurricane Hortense Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Inez Hurricane Lenny Hurricane Luis Hégésippe...
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    deadly as the 1893 Chenier Caminanda hurricane, this hurricane was the deadliest Louisiana hurricane until Betsy 50 years later. Early reports that streets...
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    intense hurricanes ever to hit the United States—Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969, and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Each hurricane caused...
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    two usages of this informal naming scheme in Puerto Rico were in 1956 (Hurricane Betsy, locally nicknamed Santa Clara after Saint Clare of Assisi, feast...
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  • Roth (2008-09-28). "Hurricane Betsy - August 11-13, 1956". Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Retrieved 2011-10-15. "The 1956 polio epidemic in Cork"...
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