tropical storm tropical storm deadliest tropical cyclones history cape_verde sixth named storm eleventh tropical cyclone atlantic hurricane season developed tropical wave near cape_verde september began tropical depression gradually strengthened tracking westward remaining south cape_verde archipelago late september depression intensified tropical storm shortly cape_verde moving sea storm approached hurricane status september september eventually weakened beginning september encountered strong wind shear contributed weakening september dissipated east lesser antilles passing southeast cape_verde storm produced torrential rainfall houses severely damaged flooding left people homeless significant damage occurred roads country need repairs late january hydraulic infrastructure destroyed islands requiring million usd repairs addition agriculture extensively damaged resulting million usd losses crops storm caused impact outside cape_verde overall storm caused million usd damage fatalities organizations countries donated disaster relief funds cash amounts reaching slightly usd meteorological history defined tropical wave emerged atlantic_ocean west coast africa september system rapidly organized utc september developed tropical depression located southeast cape_verde early september depression intensified tropical storm based intensity estimates dvorak technique storm begun track northwest passed near southernmost islands cape_verde late september attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg maintained intensity hours turned west later west southwest storm encountered strong wind shear september caused weaken deep convection center storm utc september downgraded tropical depression hours later storm dissipated located miles east northeast antigua following day remnants impacts light winds reported cape_verde weather stations recorded winds miles hour result wind damage minimal passing southeast cape_verde dropped torrential rainfall islands caused significant flooding storm caused severe damage houses left people homeless agriculture suffered losses totaling million usd caused significant damage roads required repairs late january hydraulic infrastructure destroyed cost million usd repair people killed sources claim fatalities second deadliest tropical cyclone history cape_verde hurricane caused fatalities plane crashed weather associated storm overall storm caused million usd damage storm caused damage fatalities october government cape appealed international assistance emergency relief aid requested included month supply food families sets dinner cooking water sheets blankets articles clothing building materials repair houses january government cape_verde announced significant progress relief assistance repairs roads infrastructure crops required organizations contributed cash including united_kingdom donations collectively totaled usd france finland soviet_union united_states supplied tons usd red_cross usd home repairs packages packages blankets
Tropical Storm Fran (1984)