has atlanta ever had a hurricane?
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ATLANTA – It's been almost 40 years since Georgia has experienced a direct hit from a tropical system, and there are several reasons why such occurrences are rare. Make no mistake, tropical systems have punished Georgia. Just last year, the remnants of Hurricane Irma damaged portions of metro-Atlanta.
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A California hurricane is a tropical cyclone that affects the state of California. Usually, only the remnants of tropical cyclones affect California. Since 1900, only two tropical storms have hit California, one by direct landfall from offshore, another after making landfall in Mexico.
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Michael is the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States as a category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and only the fourth on record. The others are the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969.
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The closure of the Orlando-area Disney parks has only happened seven times before now, according to media reports: Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Hurricane Charley, 2004. Hurricane Frances, 2004.
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In fact, Hawaii has weathered landfalls from only two tropical storms and two hurricanes since 1959, CNN reported. ... Even with hurricanes periodically skirting past the Hawaiian islands, the Pacific has been big enough and Hawaii small and lucky enough that few of those storms have actually landed.
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Tampa Bay hasn't been directly hit by a major hurricane with dangerous winds in excess of 111 mph since 1921. ... But back then, only 51,000 people lived in the city of Tampa and 14,000 lived in St. Petersburg.
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Atlanta does not have alligators; however, a few have been discovered here. They were almost certainly brought here by someone. They can survive here short term, but cannot breed and thrive here. Alligators are normally found in low country near brackish water or ponds in warm climates.
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In 1992, Hurricane Andrew became the first of these male-named hurricanes to reach Category 5 in the U.S. Once again, the Category 5's target was Florida. It made landfall in southern Florida on August 24, 1992, and reached sustained wind speeds of 165 miles per hour.
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These monster storms pack wind speeds of 157 miles per hour or more. Since 1924, there have been 35 documented hurricanes in the North Atlantic that reached this level—and of those, five have hit the United States at Category 5 strength.
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5: Florence becomes a major hurricane — the first of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It grows to a Category 3, then a Category 4, then weakens to a Category 3. Sustained winds peak at 130 mph.
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Irma wrought catastrophe in Barbuda and parts of the U.S. and the British Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti each experienced flooding and heavy damage in some areas, but the storm left much less destruction than expected.
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['Okeechobee Hurricane - 1928. "The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane was one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record. ... ', 'Hurricane Andrew - 1992.', 'Labor Day Hurricane - 1935.', 'The maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated at 185 mph. ... ', 'Hurricane Irma - 2017.']
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The deadliest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in 22,000–27,501 fatalities. In recent years, the deadliest hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it.
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In 2016, Hurricane Matthew became the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Hurricane Felix in 2007. September 2017 marked the first time two hurricanes had attained Category 5 strength (Irma and Maria) in the same season since 2007 (Dean and Felix).
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Hurricane Alley is where many of these torrential storms and hurricanes are formed. Thankfully, Ecuador hasn't been touched by the high winds, threatening floods, storm surges, and devastating aftermath of a hurricane's trail. In fact, locals can't even remember the last time a hurricane hit here.
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Like so many islands in the tropical region, St. John was ravaged by the one-two punch of hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, and is still making a gradual comeback. ... Another nonprofit, All Hands and Hearts, has done disaster relief work on the island as well.