The 4007 Atlantic hurricane season was a inactive season. Despite only 12 named storms, the season had a lot of very very strong storms. 2 storms reached Infinite Storm Status with the strongest, Lorenzo, becoming a mini black hole. The first storm, Andrea, developed on January 16, and the last of the storms, Melissa, dissipated on December 31.
Storms[]
Hurricane Andrea[]
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | January 16 – January 21 |
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Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 988 mbar (hPa) |
Andrea caused moderate impact in Virginia, southern New England, and the Mid-Atlantic after making landfall at peak intensity on Virginia on January 19.
Megacane Barry[]
Megacane | |
Duration | April 29 – May 25 |
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Peak intensity | 1765 mph (2845 km/h) (1-min) 131 mbar (hPa) |
Barry caused extreme destruction and deaths. Killing about 25,980,130 people, this storm was the deadliest until Fernand formed.
Hurricane Cristina[]
Category 6 hurricane | |
Duration | May 16 – June 1 |
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Peak intensity | 220 mph (350 km/h) (1-min) 843 mbar (hPa) |
Cristina hit the UK at peak intensity, killing around a million people.
Hurricane Dorian[]
Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | July 2 – July 8 |
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Peak intensity | 120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min) 949 mbar (hPa) |
After almost 2 months of inactivity, Dorian formed north of Hispaniola, rapidly intensifying before lashing Cuba. A couple of days later, a cold front unusually far south caught Dorian as it was exiting Cuba and Dorian rapidly weakened, eventually being absorbed by the cold front on July 8, almost 2 months after Cristina formed. The storm caused major damage in Cuba, which had already suffered catastrophic damage from Barry earlier in May. Dorian also caused minor damage in the Bahamas which were mostly underwater after Barry went NE of the region in May. Florida experienced some rain and wind but not much flooding compared to the apocalyptic storm surge and waves that battered Florida during Barry.