Draft:List of Lesser Antilles hurricanes
 | Draft article not currently submitted for review.
This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window. To be accepted, a draft should:
It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it. Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Last edited by Zzzs (talk | contribs) 5 months ago. (Update) |
The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that is frequently affected by Atlantic hurricanes.
Since 2000, at least [to be determined] tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the Lesser Antilles.
Background and climatology
[edit]List
[edit]Pre-1900s
[edit]
- October 10–13, 1780 – The Great Hurricane of the West Indies moved from Barbados to near Saint Kitts, killing more than 19,000 people across the region. This made it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Strong winds and a powerful storm surge – estimated at 25 ft (7.6 m) in Martinique – wrecked houses and ships. The hurricane later passed between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola before recurving to the north.[1][2]
1900s
[edit]2000–2009
[edit]- August 22, 2000 – Hurricane Debby makes three landfalls in Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy, and Virgin Gorda as a minimal hurricane with winds of 75 mph (121 km/h).[3] Throughout the Leeward Islands, intense gusts damaged fruit trees and downed power lines[4] while tides up to 13 feet were recorded in Guadeloupe and Sint Maarten.[5] Due to causing minimal damage, the Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau stated that Debby "was the weakest hurricane St. Maarten experienced in several years."[6]
- October 2000 – Hurricane Joyce passes close to Tobago, causing near gales in the island. Barbados experienced the highest sustained winds Joyce brought to any land area, with gusts up to 45 mph (72 km/h).[7] Joyce's remnants passed over the ABC Islands, where locally heavy thunderstorms and light winds were reported on October 2.[8]
- August 2001 – Hurricane Iris affects the Windward Islands as a tropical depression, causing thunderstorms in St. Thomas and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[9]
- October 7, 2001 – Tropical Storm Jerry affects the Leeward Islands.[10] A station at Martinique reported sustained ten-minute winds of 44 mph (71 km/h).[11] Some downpours and high winds were reported.[12]
- September 27, 2002 – Hurricane Isidore affects the Windward Islands as a tropical depression.[13]
- September 2002 – Hurricane Lili passed through the Lesser Antilles as it was upgraded into a tropical storm.[14] Intense rainfall caused by the system caused mudslides in the region.[15] Four deaths occurred in St. Lucia.[16]
- August–September 2003 – Hurricane Fabian brings gale-force winds to the Leeward Islands. Storm surge damage occurred in Antigua and Barbuda, where some boats were lightly damaged.[17]
- August 2004 – Tropical Storm Bonnie affects the Leeward Islands as a tropical depression.[18] St. Lucia was affected with near-gales and light showers[19] while St. Vincent and the Grenadines suffered flash flooding.[20]
- September 2004 – Hurricane Charley affects the Lesser Antilles. Jamaica suffered the brunt of the storm, with intense flooding occuring. In Big Woods, 30 families were isolated.[21] One death occurred.[22][23]
- September 2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes a devastating pass through the Lesser Antilles. In total, 43 deaths occurred. 5
2010s
[edit].jpg)
- September 6, 2017 – Hurricane Irma struck Barbuda, Saint Martin, and the British Virgin Islands as a Category 5 hurricane. Across the region, Irma killed 27 people and left US$3.92 billion in damage.[24][25]
- September 9, 2017 – Powerful Hurricane Jose threatened to strike the same region hit by Irma just days earlier, prompting the entire island of Barbuda to evacuate, the first time in 300 years that the island was uninhabited. However, the center of Jose remained northeast of the islands.[24][26][27]
- September 19, 2017 – Hurricane Maria became the strongest hurricane on record to strike Dominica, with sustained winds of 165 mph (265 km/h), killing 34 people across the region. The winds destroyed or damaged nearly every building on the damage and heavily damaged roads, with monetary costs estimated at US$1.31 billion. Maria also caused heavy damage in nearby Guadeloupe, and later brushed the U.S. Virgin Islands, adding to the damage caused by Irma a few weeks earlier.[28]
2020s
[edit]- July , 2024 – Hurricane Beryl
Deadliest events
[edit]Tropical cyclones that caused more than 10 fatalities are included.
| Name | Year | Number of deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Great Hurricane of the West Indies | 1780 | 19,000 |
| Ivan | 2004 | 43 |
| Maria | 2017 | 34 |
| Irma | 2017 | 27 |
References
[edit]- ^ Orlando Pérez (1970). "Notes on the Tropical Cyclones of Puerto Rico" (PDF). San Juan, Puerto Rico National Weather Service. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
- ^ Edward N. Rappaport; Jose Fernandez-Partagas; Jack Beven (1997). "The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492–1996". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ Stacy R. Stewart (August 22, 2000). Hurricane Debby Discussion Number 13 (TXT). National Hurricane Center (Report). Miami, Florida: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Richard J. Pasch (December 8, 2000). Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Debby, 19–24 August 2000 (PDF). National Hurricane Center (Report). Miami, Florida: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Daniel Rollé (August 22, 2000). "L'ouragan Debby a épargné la Guadeloupe continentale". MAXImini. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Staff Writer (September 1, 2000). "Government raises gasoline prices". Associated Press.
Hurricane Debby last month caused dlrs 750,000 in losses from cruise ship cancellations and other lost businesses...With no structural damages or damage, this was the weakest hurricane St. Maarten experienced in several years.
- ^ Miles B. Lawrence (November 3, 2000). Tropical Cyclone Report Hurricane Joyce (PDF) (Report). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ Climatological Summary 2000 (PDF) (Report). Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. February 2001. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2005. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
- ^ JB Jerdon (2001). "Unofficial Reports from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands". Stormcarib.net. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- ^ Stewart, National Hurricane Center (2001). "Tropical Storm Jerry Discussion #8". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- ^ Richard J. Pasch; Daniel P. Brown (November 30, 2001). "Tropical Storm Jerry Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved November 18, 2006.
- ^ "CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL AMERICA: HURRICANE IRIS & TROPICAL STORM JERRY" (PDF). International Federation of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ Lixion Avila. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Isidore 14 - September 27, 2002. Retrieved on 2015-05-26.
- ^ Stacey Stewart (2002). "National Hurricane Center Public Advisory #9A". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Lili leaves trail of destruction in Eastern Caribbean". Jamaica Observer. Associated Press. 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (2002). "Situation Reports:Caribbean:Tropical Storm Lili". Relief Web. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Meteorología; Centro de Información Huracanes (2004). "Reports of hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical disturbances and related flooding during 2003" (PDF). Final Report of the Twenty-Sixth Session. World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ National Hurricane Center (2004). "Tropical Storm Bonnie Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ Mike Davis (2004). "Unofficial Reports from St. Lucia". Retrieved May 18, 2006.
- ^ National Emergency Office, St Vincent (2004). "Airport in St Vincent temporarily closed due to flooding". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved May 18, 2006.
- ^ "Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands: Hurricane Situation Report 2" (PDF). International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. August 13, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
- ^ World Meteorological Organization (2005). "Twenty-seventh Hurricane Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2006.
- ^ Richard J. Pasch; Daniel P. Brown; Eric S. Blake (September 15, 2011) [Original date: October 18, 2004]. "Hurricane Charley Tropical Cyclone Report" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ a b John P. Cangialosi; Andrew S. Latto; Robbie J. Berg (March 9, 2018). Hurricane Irma (AL112017) (PDF) (Report). Tropical Cyclone Report. National Hurricane Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Hurricane Irma and Maria 2017". University of the West Indies. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Berg, Robbie (February 20, 2018). "Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jose" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Barbuda is trying to totally evacuate today ahead of Hurricane Jose after Hurricane Irma 'demolished' 90% of the island". Business Insider. September 8, 2017.
- ^ Richard J. Pasch; Andrew B. Penny; Robbie Berg (April 5, 2018). Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Maria (PDF) (Report). Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.