atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season second active atlantic hurricane season record systems reaching tropical storm intensity reached hurricane status major hurricanes category higher storms saffir simpson hurricane wind scale system developed central atlantic_ocean august later month second storm dominican_republic hurricane formed august peaked category hurricane winds mph final storm dissipated october lack systems developed tropical cyclone second hurricane managed landfall season severely impacted areas particularly dominican_republic making subsequent cuba states florida north_carolina severe effects estimated deaths caused storm dominican_republic ranked deadliest atlantic hurricanes recorded history storms affected year storm damaged cruise ship open waters season inactivity reflected low accumulated cyclone energy ace rating ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high aces calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding mph tropical storm strength storms hurricane hurricane season noted central atlantic_ocean august slowly intensifying system initially moved west august steamship vicinity sustained structural damage attaining hurricane strength august system turned northwestward reached category intensity august maximum sustained winds mph bermuda northeast french cruise liner encountered hurricane category hurricane large wave struck ship shattering glass vessel injuring passengers category hurricane system extratropical shortly august extratropical storm tracked east azores days gradually weakening abruptly turning north dissipating hurricane tropical depression developed east lesser antilles august initially drifting westward storm gradually intensified tropical storm early day august system strengthened category hurricane day hurricane entered caribbean_sea passing island category hurricane continuing intensify storm intensified category hurricane september category following day utc september hurricane peaked winds mph observed ship simultaneously storm landfall near santo domingo dominican_republic mountainous terrain hispaniola rapidly weakened system tropical storm early september moving westward caribbean_sea storm failed strengthen making landfall western cuba winds mph midday september system entered gulf_of_mexico curved northeastward utc september storm landfall near florida winds mph later day storm weakened tropical depression crossing florida emerging atlantic_ocean day system intensified tropical storm located offshore south_carolina storm attained hurricane status early september hurricane brushed heading sea storm strengthened category intensity heading eastward weakened tropical storm early september following day storm deteriorated tropical depression late september depression dissipated southwest azores crossing lesser antilles hurricane brought powerful winds heavy rainfall islands crops suffered severe damage vessels harbor sank killing people winds puerto_rico left minor damage plantations rainfall generally beneficial dominican_republic districts santo domingo destroyed half city leveled hurricane damages city estimated million usd red_cross estimated people perished city additional injured actual death toll known historians estimate hurricane left fatalities haiti experienced crop damage storm florida damaging rainfall observed southeastern measured press reports indicated damage highways bridges crops inundated damage reached approximately passing intensifying hurricane power outages occurred region buildings cape severely damaged tropical storm final storm season developed october tail end frontal boundary cool air occurring united_states coast warm air system allowed tropical storm intensify moving northeast system reached peak intensity high end tropical storm winds mph ultimately cool air eventually took toll storm causing quickly weaken utc october storm dissipated
1930 Atlantic hurricane season