2008 Atlantic hurricane season

infobox hurricane season active
first system=May 30, 2008
active systems="None"
total depressions=13
total storms=13
total hurricanes=6
major hurricanes=3
strongest storm="Ike" - 145 mph (230 km/h), 935 mbar (hPa)
landfall=9
total da
USD)
total ace=122.7
fatalities=860 direct, 94 indirect
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=2006 2007 2008 Post-2008 The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially started on June 1 and will run through November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin, though the season began slightly early when Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the coast of Belize on May 30.

This year is the second most destructive behind the 2005 season, with up to 52 billion in damage. The season has begun far more active than normal and has been particularly devastating for Haiti, where over 800 people were killed by four consecutive tropical cyclones (Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike) in August and September. Hurricane Ike has been the most destructive storm, devastating Cuba as a hurricane and later making landfall near Galveston, Texas at category 2 intensity. It caused a particularly devastating storm surge in the U.S. due to its large size. Hurricane Hanna was the deadliest storm of the season, killing 537 people, mostly in Haiti. Hurricane Gustav was a very destructive storm, causing up to $20 billion dollars in damage to Haiti, Jamacia, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the U.S. Hurricane Dolly caused up to 1.5 billion dollars in damage to south Texas and northern Mexico. Hurricane Bertha was an early season Cape Verde-type hurricane that became the longest lived pre-August Atlantic Tropical Cyclone on record.

easonal forecasts

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This is a table of the storms in 2008 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Arthur|dates=May 30 – June 1
max-winds=45|min-press=1004|ace= 0.773TC stats cyclone|cat=cat3|name=Bertha|dates=July 3 – July 20
max-winds=120|min-press=948|ace= 28.4TC stats cyclone|cat=storm|name=Cristobal|dates=July 18 – July 23
max-winds=65|min-press=998|ace= 3.77

ee also

*List of Atlantic hurricanes
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
*2008 Pacific hurricane season
*2008 Pacific typhoon season
*2008 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2007–08, 2008–09
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 2007–08, 2008–09
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2007–08, 2008–09

References

External links

* [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/2008.html HPC rainfall page for 2008 Tropical Cyclones]
* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov National Hurricane Center Website]
* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATWOAT.shtml National Hurricane Center's Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook]
* [http://www.webcamplaza.net/cams/hurricane1.html Webcamplaza.net hurricane 2008]