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HURRICANES: THEIR NATURE AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY<br />
Table 1.3 Thirty-nine "retired" Atlantic hurricane names through 1995. Damage cost<br />
figures are in 1990 dollars. Sources: NOAA Fact Sheet; Hebert, Jarrell <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mayfield<br />
(1993); Rappaport <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Fem<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ez-Partagas (1995); C. L<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>sea, pers<strong>on</strong>al communicati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
1997; R.H. Simps<strong>on</strong>, pers<strong>on</strong>al communicati<strong>on</strong><br />
Year Name Locati<strong>on</strong><br />
1954<br />
Carol<br />
1954 Hazel<br />
1955<br />
1955<br />
1955<br />
1955<br />
1957<br />
1960<br />
1961<br />
1963<br />
1964<br />
1964<br />
1964<br />
1965<br />
C<strong>on</strong>nie<br />
Diane<br />
l<strong>on</strong>e<br />
Janet<br />
Audrey<br />
D<strong>on</strong>na<br />
Carla<br />
Flora<br />
Cleo<br />
Dora<br />
Hilda<br />
Betsy<br />
1966 Inez<br />
1967 Beulah<br />
1969<br />
1970<br />
1972<br />
1974<br />
1975<br />
1977<br />
1979<br />
1979<br />
1980<br />
1983<br />
1985<br />
Camille<br />
Celia<br />
Agnes<br />
Cannen<br />
Eloise<br />
Anita<br />
David<br />
Frederic<br />
Allen<br />
Alicia<br />
Elena<br />
Notes (US costs (1990 $) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
total casualties, etc.)<br />
Coastal areas north of the $2.37 billi<strong>on</strong>, 60 deaths<br />
Carolinas to L<strong>on</strong>g Isl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
inl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> al<strong>on</strong>g its track north<br />
into Canada, mid-Atlantic<br />
states<br />
Antilles, North <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> South $1.44 billi<strong>on</strong>, 1000 deaths<br />
Carolina<br />
North Carolina 25 deaths<br />
Northeast US $4.20 billi<strong>on</strong>, 184 deaths<br />
North Carolina $444 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
Lesser Antilles, Belize, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 538 deaths<br />
Mexico<br />
Louisiana <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> North Texas $696 milli<strong>on</strong>, 550 deaths<br />
Bahamas, Florida, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Eastern $1.82 billi<strong>on</strong>, 364 deaths<br />
US<br />
Texas $1.93 billi<strong>on</strong>, 46 deaths<br />
Haiti <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cuba 8000 deaths<br />
Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, $595 milli<strong>on</strong>, 213 deaths<br />
Southeast Florida<br />
Northeast Florida $1.16 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
Louisiana $579 milli<strong>on</strong>, 304 deaths<br />
Bahamas, Southeast Florida, $6.46 billi<strong>on</strong>, 75 deaths<br />
Southeast Louisiana<br />
Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, 1000 deaths<br />
Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico<br />
Antilles, Mexico, South Texas $844 milli<strong>on</strong>; the largest<br />
number of tornadoes (115) ever<br />
Louisiana, Mississippi, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Alabama<br />
South Texas<br />
Florida, Northeast US<br />
Mexico, Central Louisiana<br />
Antilles, Northwest Florida,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Alabama<br />
Mexico<br />
Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola,<br />
Florida, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Eastern US<br />
Alabama <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mississippi<br />
Antilles, Mexico, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> South<br />
Texas<br />
North Texas<br />
Mississippi, Alabama, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Western Florida<br />
associated with a hurricane<br />
$5.24 billi<strong>on</strong>, 256 deaths<br />
$1.56 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
$5.24 billi<strong>on</strong>, 122 deaths<br />
$380 milli<strong>on</strong><br />
$1.08 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
$487 milli<strong>on</strong>, 2000 deaths<br />
$3.50 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
$411 milli<strong>on</strong>, 249 deaths<br />
$2.39 billi<strong>on</strong>, 21 deaths<br />
$1.39 billi<strong>on</strong>, 4 deaths