- Tropical Storm Irene
The name Irene has been used for five
tropical cyclone s in theAtlantic Ocean .
* 1959's Tropical Storm Irene - Caused minor damage to theFlorida Panhandle .
* 1971's Hurricane Irene - Category 1 hurricane. StruckNicaragua as a Category 1 hurricane. After that, Irene tracked to the Eastern Pacific Ocean and became Eastern Pacific's hurricane Olivia.
* 1981's Hurricane Irene - Category 3 hurricane. Moved across the Atlantic both ways, eventually hittingFrance as an extratropical storm.
* (not used in 1987 and 1993)
* 1999's Hurricane Irene - Category 2 hurricane. Passed overCuba and struckFlorida , causing $800 million (1999 USD) in damage.
* 2005's Hurricane Irene - Category 2 hurricane; did not affect land.Had modern technology been available in the
1954 Atlantic hurricane season , the secondHurricane Alice in late December would have been named Irene.The name Irene has been also used once in the Western
Pacific , and once in the southwestIndian Ocean .
* 1947's Tropical Storm Irene (Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.) - hit thePhilippines .
* 1963's Cyclone Irene - southwest Indian Ocean in 1962-1963 season.
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