Weather of 2001

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An F2 tornado in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on July 6

The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2001. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including tornadoes, floods and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was Typhoon Lingling in November, which caused 379 fatalities. The costliest event of the year was Hurricane Michelle, which caused $2.43 billion in damages.

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2001 was the second hottest year on record at the time behind 1998, [1] which was amplified by the end of a years-long La Niña. The Atlantic and Pacific tropical storm seasons were both unusually active.

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Winter storms and cold waves

In January, a winter storm hit parts of the northern United States, causing an injury but no fatalities. [2]

Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires

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The 2001 California Wildfires, as seen from the International Space Station.

In May, a severe drought affected portions of the United States, but caused no injuries or fatalities. [3] 2001 had a relatively low amount of droughts and heat waves.

Large wildfires took place in California in 2001, killing over 2 people, destroying over 390 buildings, and causing US$196 million (2001 USD) in damages. The Observation Fire was the largest fire to take place during the season, burning over 67,000 acres of land. [4]

The Poe Fire in September was the most destructive wildfire of 2001, injuring over 23 people and destroying more than 133 buildings in parts of north-central California. No fatalities were reported. [5]

Floods

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Flooding in Houston, Texas on June 9

In April, a historic flood occurred in portions of the Upper Mississippi River, rising to the highest water levels for the river since 1965. [6] Many homes were washed away, and an unknown number of injuries were reported. [6]

On May 21 a large flood in Lensk, Russia washed away 400+ homes and left over 2,000 people homeless. [7]

On June 4, the 2001 Southeastern United States floods, were triggered by Tropical Storm Allison, killed over 30 people in the Houston, Texas area [8] and left over 40,000 people homeless. [9] Other smaller floods were also triggered as a result of Allison, but none were significant.

Tornadoes

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A tornado in Washington, D.C. on September 24

There were 1,215 tornadoes in the United States, resulting in 40 deaths. [10] [11] In February, a tornado outbreak caused $35 million in damage, and one tornado killed 6 people. In April a large tornado outbreak killed 4 people and injured 18. In September, the tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001 killed 2 people, injured 57 others, and caused $105.157 million (2001 USD) in damages. In November, the Tornado outbreak of November 23–24, 2001 impacted the southern United States, killing 13 and injuring 219.

Tropical cyclones

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Hurricane Karen on October 13

In 2001, tropical cyclones and hurricanes formed in various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. A total of 128 tropical cyclones formed within tropical cyclone basins, and 83 of them were named by weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Typhoon Faxai is the strongest tropical cyclone throughout the year, peaking with a pressure of 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) and attaining 10-minute sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph).

The deadliest tropical cyclone of the year was Lingling in the West Pacific which caused 379 fatalities in total as it struck the Philippines and Vietnam, while the costliest storm of the year was Michelle, with a damage cost of around $2.43 billion as it catastrophically affected the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas in late October.

23 Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, and 2 Category 5 tropical cyclones formed. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2001, as calculated by Colorado State University was 672.4 units.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tropical Storm Allison</span> Atlantic tropical storm in 2001

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. An arguable example of the "brown ocean effect", Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 16 days, most of which was when the storm was over land dumping torrential rainfall. The storm developed from a tropical wave in the northern Gulf of Mexico on June 4, 2001, and struck the upper Texas coast shortly thereafter. It drifted northward through the state, turned back to the south, and re-entered the Gulf of Mexico. The storm continued to the east-northeast, made landfall on Louisiana, then moved across the southeast United States and Mid-Atlantic. Allison was the first storm since Tropical Storm Frances in 1998 to strike the northern Texas coastline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas</span> Aftermath of tropical storm in texas

The effects of Tropical Storm Allison in Texas included 23 deaths caused by extreme flooding. The first storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 15 days. The storm developed from a tropical wave in the northern Gulf of Mexico on June 4, and struck the Texas coast shortly thereafter. It drifted northward through the state, turned back to the south, and re-entered the Gulf of Mexico. The storm continued to the east-northeast, made landfall on Louisiana, then moved across the southeast United States and Mid-Atlantic. Allison was the first storm since Tropical Storm Frances in 1998 to strike the northern Texas coastline.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Typhoon Lingling (2001)</span> Pacific typhoon in 2001

Typhoon Lingling, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nanang, was a deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam in 2001 and caused 379 deaths. The name "Lingling" was given by Hong Kong. The 39th tropical depression, 22nd named storm, and 13th typhoon of the 2001 Pacific typhoon season, Lingling developed into a tropical depression on November 6 and given the local name Nanang by the PAGASA. The next day, it was upgraded into a tropical storm and given the name Lingling by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Lingling's intensity briefly stagnated as it moved over Visayas before resuming intensification and intensifying into a severe tropical storm on November 8. One day later, both the JMA and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) upgraded Lingling to a typhoon as it exited the Philippine archipelago and moved into the South China Sea. After intensifying into a typhoon, Lingling began to quickly intensify, peaking with 10-min sustained winds of 155 km/h (96 mph) and 1-min sustained winds of 215 km/h (134 mph), with a minimum central pressure of 940 mbar (28 inHg). Lingling began to weaken as it approached the Vietnamese coast, before making landfall on November 11 at 18:00 UTC. Lingling rapidly weakened afterward, dissipating on November 12.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tropical cyclones in 2000</span>

During 2000, tropical cyclones formed in seven different areas called basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. A total of 140 tropical cyclones formed within bodies of water known as tropical cyclone basins, with 81 of them being further named by their responsible weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots. The strongest storm of the year was Cyclone Hudah, peaking with a minimum pressure of 905 hPa (26.72 inHg), and with 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (135 mph). The highest confirmed number of deaths from a storm was from Typhoon Kai-tak, which killed 188 people, however, Leon–Eline may have killed up to 722 people. The costliest storm was Saomai, which caused $6.3 billion in damage. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2000, as calculated by Colorado State University was 677.3 units.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weather of 2000</span>

The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2000. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including floods, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster were the 2000 Mozambique Floods which killed 800 people, and the costliest event of the year was Typhoon Saomai, which caused $6.3 billion in damages.

References

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