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So far, as of August 27, 2012 not hurricanes have hit the U.S. Currently, however, Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strike the U.S. as a hurricane. It is also possible that other hurricanes will hit the U.S. in 2012 but we don't know what the names will be.
Isaac first became a tropical storm on August 21, 2012 having been upgraded from a tropical depression. Isaac remained a tropical storm until August 28 when he became a hurricane. Isaac then weakened back to a tropical storm on August 29 after striking land and then to a tropical depression on August 30.
Yes, there was a Hurricane Isaac in 2000, 2006, and 2012 a Tropical Storm Isaac in 1988.
Sandy first became a tropical storm a few hours after forming on October 22, 2012. After becoming a hurricane on October 24, Sand briefly weakened back to a tropical storm on October 27 before restrengthening.
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Hurricane Isaac struck the Lesser Antilles, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba as a tropical storm and struck Louisiana as a category 1 hurricane.
Yes. In 2000, Hurricane Michael was a Cat 2 hurricane; it made landfall in Newfoundland. Another Hurricane Micheal in 2012 reached category 3 strength but did not affect land. In 2006, there were not enough named tropical storms to get up to 'M'.
No. The name Tristan does not appear on current hurricane name lists. Additionally, hurricanes are named in alphabetical order and only a few storms have had names beginning with T:Hurricane Tanya in 1995Tropical Storm Tammy in 2005Hurricane Tomas in 2010Tropical Storm Tony in 2012.
Hurricane names are chosen from a pre-selected list for each year. Names are in alphabetical order. Each new tropical storm that forms gets the next name on the list. The storm we know as Sandy was the eighteenth tropical storm of 2012, so it got the eighteenth name on the list.
Two hurricanes made landfall in the United States in 2012: Hurricane Isaac on August 29, and Hurricane Sandy on October 29. Though Sandy was technically a post-tropical cyclone by the time it made landfall, it is generally counted as a hurricane. Additionally, two tropical storms made landfall in the U.S. Beryl made landfall as a strong tropical storm on May 30. Beryl may have briefly reached hurricane intensity, but the available information is inconclusive. The other storm was Debbie, which made landfall as a minimal tropical storm on June 26.
The names of tropical storms are also included here, as they need not become hurricanes to be named.Atlantic:Tropical Storm AlbertoTropical Storm DebbyHurricane ChrisTropical Storm DebbyHurricane ErnestoTropical Storm FlorenceHurricane GordonTropical Storm HeleneHurricane IsaacTropical Storm JoyceHurricane KirkHurricane LeslieHurricane MichealHurricane NadineTropical Storm OscarTropical Storm PattyHurricane RafaelHurricane SandyTropical Storm TonyEastern PacificTropical Storm AlettaHurricane BudHurricane CarlottaHurricane DanielHurricane EmiliaHurricane FabioHurricane GilmaTropical Storm HectorHurricane IleanaTropical Storm JohnTropical Storm KristyHurricane LaneHurricane MiriamTropical Storm NormanTropical Storm OliviaHurricane PaulTropical Storm RosaWestern Pacific (here hurricanes are called typhoons)Tropical Storm PakharTropical Storm SanvuTyphoon MawarTyphoon GucholSevere Tropical Storm KalimTropical Storm DoksuriSevere Tropical Storm KhanunTyphoon VicenteTyphoon SaolaTyphoon DamreyTyphoon HaikuiSevere Tropical Storm KirogiTyphoon Kai-takTyphoon TembinTyphoon BolavenTyphoon SanbaTyphoon JelawatSevere Tropical Storm EwiniarSevere Tropical Storm MaliksiSevere Tropical Storm GaemiTyphoon PrapiroonSevere Tropical Storm MariaTyphoon Son-TinhIndian Ocean (where hurricanes are called cyclonic storms or tropical cyclones)Cyclonic Storm MurjanCyclonic Storm NilamTropical Cyclone BenildeModerate Tropical Storm ChandaSevere Tropical Storm EthelIntense Tropical Cyclone FunsoIntense Tropical Cyclone GiovannaModerate Tropical Storm HilwaSevere Tropical Storm IrinaSevere Tropical Storm Koji-JoniSevere Tropical Storm KuenaIntense Tropical Cyclone AnaisAustralia region (where hurricanes are called cyclones)Cyclone HeidiCyclone IggyCyclone JasmineCyclone LuaSouth Pacific (where hurricanes are called tropical cyclones)Tropical Cyclone CyrilTropical Cyclone Daphne
As of the evening of September 14, 2012 there are no active hurricanes. However, Tropical Storm Nadine is currently close to becoming a hurricane and may do so in a few days.