Hurricane Edith came in 1971, followed by Hurricane Carmen in 1974 that drenched us with of rain before heading off to Texas.

In late September, Hurricane Edith moved through the Windward Islands and Greater Antilles before dissipating east of the Bahamas, before causing ten fatalities, and leaving roughly $ 47 million ( 1963 USD ) in damage in the Caribbean.

Following Edith was Hurricane Flora, a powerful hurricane that struck Haiti and Eastern Cuba in early October.

Hurricane Edith, the strongest of the season, was a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the highest category on the scale.

In addition, Ginger co-existed with several other tropical cyclones, including on September 11 when there were four named storms at the same time, a rare occurrence ; the others were Hurricane Edith, Hurricane Fern, and Tropical Storm Heidi.

Hurricane Edith was the strongest hurricane to form during the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season.

Edith rapidly intensified on September 9 and made landfall on Cape Gracias a Dios as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Late on September 9, Hurricane Edith made landfall on northeastern Nicaragua at Cabo Gracias a Dios.

Fourteen hours prior to Edith making landfall in Central America, the National Hurricane Center warned citizens about the extreme danger of the approaching hurricane, and asked them to prepare for hurricane conditions.

The passage of Hurricane Edith resulted in downed trees and power lines, and damage totaling $ 180, 000 ( 1971 USD, $ 900, 000 2006 USD ).

Aggressive actions induced a " defensive mentality among the Italians ", aided by expedients such as using the single Hawker Hurricane in the Middle East, rapidly switched between landing grounds, to provide an exaggerated picture of British strength in the eyes of Italian reconnaissance aircraft.

Shortly after, Hurricane Hugo began to rapidly intensify ; 24 hours after it was classified as a hurricane, it had become a category 2 hurricane.

Mitch formed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, and after drifting through extremely favorable conditions, it rapidly strengthened to peak at Category 5 status, the highest possible rating on the Saffir – Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Inland, the storm rapidly weakened, and the National Hurricane Center discontinued advisories early on June 6.

A Hurricane Hunters flight on August 4 reported a developing eye feature, and the next day Connie rapidly strengthened into a major hurricane.

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The numbers of this bird declined rapidly when Hurricane Gilbert hit this island on September 14, 1988.

Disaster responses to Hurricane Katrina included new " Federal Medical Stations " ( FMS ) -- austere, rapidly deployed, minimal care medical kits capable of housing, triaging and holding displaced patients for whom local acute care systems are incapacitated.

Shortly after Roxanne reached hurricane strength, it rapidly intensified to Category 3 strength ; this was the first time that had happened in the western Caribbean Sea since the 1961 season when Hurricane Hattie took a very similar turn and intensification cycle.

Although the National Hurricane Center noted that conditions favored slow strengthening, Allen continued to rapidly intensify, and became a Category 4 hurricane only two hours after that advisory.

* 2010's Hurricane Karl-A hurricane that formed in the Caribbean Sea on a path that took it over the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico, where it rapidly strengthened before making landfall near Veracruz, Mexico as a category 3 hurricane with 115 mph ( 185 km / h ) winds.

The hurricane developed a well-defined eye, and Hurricane Anita began to rapidly intensify late on September 1 after attaining major hurricane status.

The new tropical depression moved to the northwest under the influence of a mid-level trough, and rapidly intensified to a tropical storm the following day offshore of eastern Honduras ; the National Hurricane Center assigned the system to the name Diana.

Hurricane Diana rapidly intensified, and briefly reached category 2 hurricane status, attaining peak intensity with winds of 100 mph ( 165 km / h ) and a minimum barometric pressure of 980 mbar ( hPa ; 28. 94 inHg ).

During the afternoon of September 10, Hurricane Luis began to undergo an extratropical transition as it rapidly approached the Canadian coastline.

After that, Bertha passed rapidly in the southern portion of Sint Maarten, 10 months after Hurricane Luis ravaged the island as a strong category 1 hurricane causing moderate damage to homes, and uprooted trees, sunk boats.

* 1953's Hurricane Dolly-A strong storm that weakened rapidly before passing over Bermuda.

* 11: 00 p. m. PDT ( 06: 00 UTC September 2 ) – Hurricane Howard rapidly intensifies and reaches Category 3 intensity.

The next day it strengthened rapidly to become a Category 4 major hurricane, the earliest in an Atlantic hurricane season that a storm had reached that strength since Hurricane Audrey in the 1957 season.

The Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane was a deadly hurricane that rapidly moved up the Atlantic coast during the first few days of September.

* 1971 – Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.

Miami prospered during the 1920s with an increase in population and infrastructure but weakened after the collapse of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, the 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression in the 1930s.

Hurricane Floyd remained just below Category 5 status on the Saffir – Simpson Hurricane Scale for 12 hours while crossing The Bahamas, making landfalls on Eleuthera and Abaco islands, before an eyewall replacement cycle weakened it to a Category 3 hurricane with winds of.

Until Hurricane Irene in 2011 ( which had weakened to a tropical storm by the time it struck Vermont ), the 1938 hurricane was the only tropical cyclone to make a direct hit on Vermont in its recorded history.

After remaining a major hurricane for a week, Luis weakened to a Category 2 hurricane while northeast of the Bahamas ; the weakening was possibly as a result of the storm crossing over decreasing sea surface temperatures, caused by upwelling from Hurricane Felix in August.

However, the hurricane weakened to a tropical storm on August 30 as it became less organized, possibly due to an interaction with Hurricane Edouard to the north.

Hurricane Brenda originated from a tropical wave that moved off the western coast of Africa on August 9 ; however, the initial wave quickly weakened upon entering the Atlantic Ocean.

It gradually weakened, and on September 4, a weakened extratropical Emmy was absorbed by the larger circulation of Hurricane Frances while located over the Azores.

Gloria reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale near the Bahamas, but weakened significantly by the time it made landfall on North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Advisories are also issued for tropical cyclones which have moved inland, weakened to tropical depression strength, and are no longer the responsibility of the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Faith curved to the northwest, and weakened back to a category 1 hurricane while nearing the northeastern Leeward Islands on August 25.

After remaining a category 2 hurricane since August 29, Hurricane Faith finally weakened back to a category 1 hurricane early on September 6, while close to the Faroe Islands.

Quickly after peaking, wind shear from the approaching trough weakened the hurricane, and by six hours after reaching peak intensity, the winds in Hurricane Kenna dropped to 150 mph ( 240 km / h ) after the eye nearly dissipated.

The hurricane remains the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone above 30. 4 ° N, since Hurricane Dog of 1950 weakened to below 150 mph ( 240 km / h ) as it reached that latitude.

* Hurricane Barry ( 1983 ), approached Florida as a tropical storm, weakened to a depression before crossing, strengthened to a hurricane after exiting into the Gulf of Mexico ; struck Mexico, causing some damage

Dora then weakened to Category 1 strength as it entered the area of responsibility of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on August 14, but restrengthened into a major hurricane as it passed south of Hawaii on August 16.

Later on September 7, the storm encountered wind shear which weakened the storm and later, Hurricane Greg made landfall in Baja California Sur as a tropical storm, triggering widespread flooding that killed ten people.

Paralleling the southern Mexican coastline, Irwin quickly weakened as it began to be absorbed by Hurricane Hilary.

Hurricane Raymond was the strongest storm of the season, but weakened significantly before landfall.

Later that day, Dalilia further weakened to a tropical depression, with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issuing their final advisory at that time.