hurricane faith hurricane faith reached northernmost latitude longest track atlantic tropical cyclone sixth named storm fifth hurricane atlantic hurricane season faith developed area disturbed weather cape west coast africa august tracking westward depression gradually intensified tropical storm faith following day moving westward atlantic_ocean continued slowly strengthen reaching hurricane status early august hours later faith reached initial peak winds mph weakening slightly august located near lesser antilles outer bands faith produced gale force winds region especially puerto_rico antigua minor coastal damage occurred far south trinidad august storm began intensify curving north northwestward near bahamas utc following day faith peaked mph category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale eventually storm weakened category hurricane curved northeast person drowned western atlantic ship sank heavy rainfall strong winds bermuda damage occurred storm maintained nearly intensity category hurricane days tracking northeastward far faith finally weakened north scotland extratropical near september drowning deaths occurred north_sea near denmark fifth death occurred man succumbed injuries sustained boating incident related storm meteorological history television infrared observation satellite imagery indicated presence area disturbed weather august system moved slowly westward eventually reached atlantic_ocean estimated tropical depression developed utc august located miles southeast cape_verde continuing westward depression intensified upgraded tropical storm faith following day gradual intensification persisted tropical storm faith headed nearly westward mph august faith upgraded category hurricane curving slightly west northwestward storm reached category intensity briefly peaked sustained winds mph hurricane faith curved northwest weakened category hurricane approaching northeastern leeward_islands august initially faith scheduled seeded scheduled cancelled faith approaching bahamas bypassing leeward_islands faith remained nearly intensity strengthening category hurricane august near turks islands storm quickly intensified category hurricane hours later utc august faith attained maximum sustained winds mph reaching maximum sustained winds late august faith began gradually weaken decreased category hurricane intensity early august time storm turned northeast periphery atlantic subtropical anticyclone located midway bermuda florida faith remained offshore east_coast united_states atlantic_canada eastward september began accelerate eventually curved northeastward approaching europe faith forward speed increased mph utc september minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg recorded lowest relation storm remaining category hurricane august faith weakened slightly category hurricane early september neared crossing north_sea faith finally transitioned extratropical storm utc later day centered miles east northeast extratropical remnants faith headed eastward affected norway winds high mph tracking scandinavia extratropical storm weakened tropical depression entering soviet_union present day russia eventually storm degenerated extratropical low pressure area curved northward retained identity september roughly miles impact records leeward_islands approach faith caused tracking station antigua monitoring rocket launched nasa shut minutes rocket lifted faith produced gale force winds puerto_rico minor damage fatalities injuries reported south faith brought rough seas trinidad waves ranging feet conditions inflicted minor damage small boats turks islands sea defenses suffered damage faith passed miles east northeast east_coast united_states storm produced rough seas high tides florida additionally weather_bureau warned possible gale force winds carolinas virginia noted area experience fringe effects storm bermuda outer rainbands hurricane faith produced heavy rainfall wind gusts mph people died result storm land rough seas western atlantic battered pitching man overboard drowned near denmark attempting cross atlantic_ocean man missing presumed dead heavy seas forced abandon boat northern coast denmark property damage minimal mainly areas impacted faith sparsely populated ton norwegian car ferry known began sink headed region denmark waves flooded engine room causing ship disabled large scale search operation conducted rescue passengers aboard passengers rescued treated injuries person later died hospital norway remnants faith impacted areas storm brought heavy rainfall resulted melting turn caused rampant flooding locations discharge glaciers reached record high melt remnants faith duration faith traveled miles making longest track atlantic hurricane second longest worldwide hurricane john faith traveled northernmost latitude atlantic tropical cyclone reaching far north
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