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Hurricane Dennis on July 7, 2005

Hurricane Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane set several records for early season hurricane activity, becoming both the earliest formation of a fourth tropical cyclone and the strongest hurricane ever to form before August. Dennis hit Cuba twice as a Category 4 hurricane and made landfall on the Florida Panhandle in the United States as a Category 3 storm less than a year after Hurricane Ivan did so. Dennis caused at least 88 deaths (41 direct) in the U.S. and Caribbean and caused $2.23 billion in damages (2005 US dollars) to the United States, as well as an approximately equal amount of damage in the Caribbean, primarily on Cuba. (more...)

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