Tropical Storm Alpha
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| Duration | October 22 – October 24 | ||
| Peak intensity | 50 mph (85 km/h) 998 mbar (hPa) | ||
A tropical wave organized into Tropical Depression Twenty-five in the eastern Caribbean Sea on October 22. Later that day, it strengthened into a tropical storm as it moved west-northwestward. On the morning of October 23, it made landfall with 50 mph (85 km/h) winds near the city of Barahona in the Dominican Republic, then moved over Haiti. Alpha weakened to a tropical depression over Hispaniola's steep mountains. Alpha reentered the Atlantic Ocean where it was absorbed by Hurricane Wilma.
Tropical Storm Alpha was the 22nd named system in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, breaking the 1933 season's record and becoming the first tropical storm to be named using the Greek Alphabet. A total of 43 people were reported dead because of Tropical Storm Alpha, mostly in Haiti.
- The NHC's archive on Tropical Storm Alpha
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