Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico on August 21, 2011.
Hurricane Irene became a hurricane on 22 August, just as it hit Puerto Rico.
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Hurricane Irene hit the Lesser Antilles on August 22, 2011.
The first land to be affected by Hurricane Irene (then a tropical storm) were the Lesser Antilles. The first official landfall was in Puerto Rico.
Gilbert was a 1988 storm.
Hurricane Georges hit Puerto Rico on September 21, 1998. It caused extensive damage to the island with strong winds and heavy rainfall.
Currently there are not hurricanes or tropical storms expected to hit Puerto Rico. The only tropical storms in the Atlantic (Bret and Cindy) pose no threat to the island. Beyond that, though there is no way of telling whether or not some future storms might form and hit Puerto Rico.
The first land Hurricane Irene (then a tropical storm) affected were the Lesser Antilles. After that Irene hit Puerto Rico shortly before becoming a hurricane. It then move through the Bahamas where it reached its strongest point. After that it weakened fore striking the eastern U.S. from North Carolina up through New England.
Hurricane David hit Cape island in the Dominican Republic. However, it also came very close to hitting Puerto Rico as well.
There is no hurricane season for Rio de Janeiro. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes and tropical storms) are extremely rare in the Atlantic Ocean south of the equator. Only one storm on record in the southern Atlantic has ever reached hurricane intensity.
No. Hurricane Irene hit the U.S. east coast and then continue into the North Atlantic.
As of 5pm EDT on August 27, 2015 the storm known as Erika is not yet a hurricane but a relatively weak tropical storm. Tropical Storm Erika is located roughly 100 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. It may reach hurrican strength in a few days.