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Since [[1495]], the [[island]]s of the [[Caribbean]] have experienced ample [[hurricane]] activity; either being directly hit or significantly brushed.

==List of Caribbean hurricanes==
The following is a '''history of hurricane activity in the Caribbean''':

*[[1495]] - [[Christopher Columbus]] encounters a hurricane near [[Hispaniola]]. He reported that “Nothing but the service of [[God]] or the [[Monarchy]]” would he permit himself exposure to such a storm again.
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*[[September 16]], [[1840]] - Hurricane severely affected Puerto Rico.
*[[September 12]]-[[September 13|13]], [[1846]] - Hurricane passed by northeastern corner of Puerto Rico in a SE to NW direction. 
*[[August 18]]-[[August 19|19]], [[1851]] - a violent hurricane, known as "Santa Elena",(also known as "San Agapito") skirted the south coast and crossed the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico in an ESE to WNW direction.
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[[September]] [[1852]] - Hurricane affected Puerto Rico; exact date unknown.
*[[October 29]], [[1867]] - the most violent hurricane in many parts of Puerto Rico, known as "San Narcisco".  Accounts indicate it was a storm of small diameter and rapid movement.  Also affected St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  1,000 lives were lost.
*[[September 13]], [[1876]] - [[Hurricane San Felipe]], a.k.a. San Felipe I, tears through St. Thomas and the southern coast of Puerto Rico.
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[[Image:PuertoRicoHurricane1899.jpg|center|500px|[[1899 Hurricane "San Ciriaco"]].]]


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*[[August 30]]-[[September 10]], [[1900]] - Tropical storm of Cape Verde origin skirted the south coast of Puerto Rico in an E to W direction.  It would go on to cross Hispaniola and Cuba as a tropical storm, but when it emerged in the Gulf of Mexico just SW of the Florida Keys, the intensification would begin.  This powerful hurricane would go on to completely devastate the U.S. city of Galveston, Texas.  Upon landfall (September 8-9) 8,000-10,000 persons were drowned when the city became inundated by the (contracted; show full)
*[[September 21]]-[[September 22|22]], [[1998]] - Hurricane Georges passed over St Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and then entered Puerto Rico near Humacao and traveled through the interior of the island exiting just south of Mayaguez in Cabo Rojo. The hurricane traveled mainly in an E to W direction.

[[Image:Georges.jpg|center|400px|[[1998 Hurricane Georges]].]]


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*[[October 20]]-[[October 21|21]], [[1999]] - Tropical Storm Jose passed within 1º latitude to the northeast of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in an E-SE to W-NW direction and then turned N-NE once in the Atlantic to the north of our local islands. For storm report click here.
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*[[2004]] - [[Hurricane Jeanne]] formed near the Leeward Islands and passed over near St. Croix.  It crossed Puerto Rico as a very strong tropical storm and reached hurricane strength just before making landfall over the [[Dominican Republic]] as a Category One.  It proceeded to move over [[Haiti]] causing mudslides that left 3,000 dead.

==See also==
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*[[List of notable tropical cyclones]]
*[[List of Atlantic hurricane seasons]]


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