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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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*[[November 16]]-[[November 18|18]], [[1999]] - Hurricane Lenny passed within 1o latitude to the south of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in a W to E direction and then eventually turned E-NE over the northern Leeward Islands and into the Atlantic. For storm report click here.
*[[August 21]]-[[August 23|23]],[[2000]] - 
[[Hurricane Debby (2000)|Hurricane Debby]] passed just north of St Thomas and within 1º latitude to the northeast of Puerto Rico in an E-SE to W-NW direction. 
*[[August 22]]-[[August 23|23]], [[2001]] - Tropical Storm Dean formed from a tropical wave over the Virgin Islands on August 22nd and a Hurricane Hunter plane indicated winds near hurricane force later that day.  The system encountered an unfavorable environment the next day north of Puerto Rico and weakened to a tropical wave.  Winds to tropical storm force were reported in the U.S. Virgin Islands and there was an estimated $2 million in damage due to flooding in Puerto Rico.
*[[November 5]], [[2001]] - [[Hurricane Michelle]] hits the Bahamas with 80 mph winds moving quickly to the NE some gusts to 100 mph
*[[September 3]]-[[September 5|5]], [[2004]] - [[Hurricane Frances]] lingers over the Bahamas as a category 4 causing significant vegetative and structural damage
*[[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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[[Category:Lists of tropical cyclones|Caribbean]]


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