The first 3 tropical storms of 2011 will be Arlene, Bret, and Cindy. However, there is no way of know if all or any of them will reach hurricane strength.
Of the 18 named Atlantic tropical storms that occurred in 2011, 7 became hurricanes. Those storms were Irene, Katia, Maria, Nate, Philippe, Ophelia, and Rina. In the Pacific there were 11 named storms of which 10 became hurricanes. Those hurricanes were Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin, Dora, Eugene, Greg, Hilary, Irwin, Jova, and Kenneth.
When a hurricane is bad enough its named is retired and replaced with a named of the same gender and first letter. For example Katrina in 2005 was replaced with Katia in 2011.
There were 7 Atlantic hurricanes in 2011.
There have been several hurricanes named Irene. The worst of those was in 2011. However, other hurricanes named Irene occurred in 1971, 1981, 1999, and 2005.
These years are unusual in that New York City was affected by hurricanes two years in a row, where hurricanes are generally rare. The first was Hurricane Irene in August of 2011 then Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012.
Hobart Hurricanes was created in 2011.
Yes. North Carolina has been hit by both tornadoes and hurricanes. In 2011 the state was first hit hard by both.
The most recent hurricanes was Hurricane Rina in 2011. There are hurricanes every year.
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Hurricanes Rugby League was created in 2011.
The first snowstorm of 2011 was named "Winter Storm Aerial."
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