hurricane hurricane strongest tropical cyclone atlantic hurricane season winds peaking mph fourth named storm second hurricane major hurricane season developed near north coast hispaniola westward moving tropical wave september forming tropical depression headed northwestward eventually strengthened tropical storm following day rapidly intensified hurricane early september hurricane curved northeastward bermuda category hurricane september continued strengthen september briefly peaked category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale winds mph minimum pressure mbar hpa inhg reaching peak intensity slowly weakened category passed south newfoundland early september storm accelerated moving roughly mph east rapidly approaching british isles september shortly transitioned extratropical cyclone overall impact minor lesser antilles light moderate rainfall dominican_republic puerto_rico bermuda high winds caused power outages knocked trees damage island minimal addition dropped rainfall produced moderately strong winds newfoundland meteorological history weather system moved coast africa september disturbance small hours formation satellite imagery indicated disturbance acquired circulation september circulation gone day remaining tropical wave moved lesser antilles september reconnaissance aircraft deployed aircraft found circulation day strong wave detected atmospheric conditions favorable development yielding lower wind shear near hispaniola days system moved area latest reconnaissance aircraft deployed declaring tropical depression september near dominican_republic reconnaissance aircraft investigated system discovered minimal pressure mbar inhg winds mph depression center prompting upgrade tropical storm morning september uncertainty arose interact approaching trough enter influence ridge southeastern united_states storm later picked trough moving away land moved north strengthened minimal hurricane late september hurricane deepened reaching maximum winds mph category storm approached bermuda time september passed miles west island continued north began slow mph early september trough arrived system entered hurricane entered trough forward speed picked mph mph time reached category strength reaching peak intensity mph minimal pressure mbar inhg early september passed south newfoundland started accelerating east mph following day remained tropical cyclone crossing weakened tropical storm utc september rapidly approaching british isles september shortly transitioned extratropical cyclone remains maintained plenty intensity northern europe september struck northern parts finland named storm powerful country recorded history winds mph millions cubic miles forest storm surge severely damaged cities claiming lives starting season hurricane hunter aircraft known began running new mission mission drop deployed low frequency signals signals estimate motion compared aircraft certain areas storm preparations impact puerto_rico ranged inches northern end island inches southern ridge island rains island peaked inches reported rain inches inches precipitation fell dominican_republic united_states navy removed personnel placing gymnasium nearby thousands tourists took minute flights bermuda september drew near pulled number flights going island dropped flights going new_york_city newark new_jersey boston massachusetts storm sustained winds mph winds forecasters predicting hurricane eye island day canceled flights buildings boarded cruise liners time arrived rescue teams evacuated workers oil path neared bermuda experienced heavy gusts wind caused minor damage injuries fatalities power outages reported island electricity quickly restored numerous trees knocked island high winds storm approaching canada oil offshore newfoundland evacuated science expedition discontinued onshore produced light rainfall southeastern portions newfoundland precipitation peaking approximately inches addition areas experienced tropical storm forces winds damage minimal
Hurricane Debby (1982)