Hurricane Vince
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| Duration | October 8 – October 11 | ||
| Peak intensity | 75 mph (120 km/h), 988 mbar (hPa) | ||
Tropical Storm Vince was named on October 9 in the east Atlantic near Madeira (east-southeast of the Azores) and was upgraded to a hurricane later that day though later analysis indicated that it had formed as a subtropical storm the previous day. Although Vince was a very small and short-lived storm that only briefly reached hurricane strength, it was notable for developing in the eastern Atlantic, well away from where hurricanes are usually found. This may be the farthest north and east a tropical cyclone has ever formed in the Atlantic Basin.
Vince made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula near Huelva, Spain on October 11 just after weakening to a tropical depression. Vince was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Europe. No damages or injuries were reported, aside from flooding in some areas.
- The NHC's archive on Hurricane Vince
Read more about this topic: List Of Storms In The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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