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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Florence (2018)
30 August 2018 · North Atlantic · Category 4
Hurricane Florence formed in the North Atlantic basin on 30 August 2018 and lasted 19 days. Its sustained winds reached 241 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 937 hPa. It made landfall in the United States of America. It killed at least 32 people.
- Formed
- 30 August 2018
- Dissipated
- 18 September 2018
- Duration
- 19 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 241 km/h (130 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 937 hPa
- Deaths
- 32
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1United States of America148 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Michael259 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Helene176 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Chris167 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Leslie148 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Gordon111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Alberto102 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Kirk102 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Nadine102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth