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The April 2021 nor'easter,also referred to as the 2021 Spring nor'easter,was a significant late-season nor'easter that impacted much of New England with heavy snowfall,gusty winds,thundersnow,and near-whiteout conditions from April 15–17,2021. The system originated from a weak frontal system late on April 14 over North Carolina,which moved into the ocean the next day and began to strengthen. The low-pressure steadily deepened as it moved up the East Coast,and developed an eye-like feature just prior to peak intensity. It prompted a fairly large area of Winter Storm Warnings across interior sections of New England,with Winter Weather Advisories being issued closer to the coast. Over 20,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm on April 16 due to heavy wet snow,and near-whiteout conditions were reported in many areas. Several injuries,some serious,occurred as well,mostly due to traffic incidents on poorly-treated roadways during the storm. Damage estimates from the system are currently not calculated.
Tropical Storm Danny was a weak and short-lived tropical cyclone that caused minor damage to the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia. The fourth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season,the system formed from an area of low-pressure that developed from an upper-level trough over the central Atlantic Ocean on June 22. Moving west-northwestward,the disturbance gradually developed as convection,or showers and thunderstorms,increased over it. Although it was moving over the warm Gulf Stream,the organization of the disturbance was hindered by strong upper-level wind shear. By 18:00 UTC of June 27,as satellite images showed a well-defined center and thunderstorms,the system was upgraded to a tropical depression by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). At 06:00 UTC on the next day,the system further strengthened into Tropical Storm Danny east-southeast of Charleston,South Carolina. Danny continued its track towards South Carolina while slowly strengthening,subsequently reaching its peak intensity at that day of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 1,009 mbar (29.8 inHg) at 18:00 UTC. Danny then made landfall in Pritchards Island,north of Hilton Head,in a slightly weakened state at 23:20 UTC on the same day,with winds of 40 mph (64 km/h) and indicating that Danny weakened prior to moving inland. The system then weakened to a tropical depression over east-central Georgia,before dissipating shortly afterward.
Tropical Storm Fred was a tropical cyclone which affected much of the Greater Antilles and the Southeastern United States in August 2021. The sixth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season,Fred originated from a tropical wave first noted by the National Hurricane Center on August 4. As the wave drifted westward,advisories were initiated on the wave as a potential tropical cyclone by August 9 as it was approaching the Leeward Islands. Entering the Eastern Caribbean Sea after a close pass to Dominica by the next day,the potential tropical cyclone continued northwestward. By August 11,the disturbance had formed into Tropical Storm Fred just south of Puerto Rico,shortly before hitting the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola later that day. The storm proceeded to weaken to a tropical depression over the highly mountainous island,before emerging north of the Windward Passage on August 12. The disorganized tropical depression turned to the west and made a second landfall in Northern Cuba on August 13. After having its circulation continuously disrupted by land interaction and wind shear,the storm degenerated into a tropical wave as it was turning northward near the western tip of Cuba the following day. Continuing north,the remnants of Fred quickly re-organized over the Gulf of Mexico,regenerating into a tropical storm by August 15. Fred continued towards the Florida Panhandle and swiftly intensified to a strong 65 mph (105 km/h) tropical storm before making landfall late on August 16 and moving into the state of Georgia. Afterward,Fred continued moving north-northeastward,before degenerating into an extratropical low on August 18. Fred's remnants later turned eastward,and the storm's remnants dissipated on August 20,near the coast of Massachusetts.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred in 2017.
Hurricane Ian was a devastating tropical cyclone which was the third costliest weather disaster on record worldwide. It was also the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane,and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Michael in 2018. Ian caused widespread damage across western Cuba,Florida,and the Carolinas. Ian was the ninth named storm,fourth hurricane,and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season,and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019.
Hurricane Nicole was a sprawling late-season Category 1 hurricane in November 2022. The fourteenth named storm and eighth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season,Nicole formed as a subtropical cyclone on November 7,from a non-tropical area of low pressure near the Greater Antilles,and transitioned into a tropical cyclone the next day. Then,taking a path similar to that of Hurricane Dorian three years earlier,Nicole made landfall on November 9,on Great Abaco and on Grand Bahama in The Bahamas,where it strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. On November 10,it made landfall twice in Florida,south of Vero Beach and then northwest of Cedar Key,after briefly emerging over the Gulf of Mexico. Nicole then weakened to a depression while moving over the Florida Panhandle,and then was absorbed into a mid-latitude trough and cold front over extreme eastern Tennessee the following day.
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