The 1999 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1999, and lasted until November 30, 1999. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
The 1999 season ties with 1933 season and 2005 season for most Category 4 hurricanes, with five reaching that strength. Hurricane Floyd was the deadliest United States hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972, killing 57 people and causing billions in damage as it moved northward along the Atlantic coast. Hurricane Lenny killed 17 as it tracked eastward across the Caribbean, the first hurricane known to do so for an extended time. Lenny, reaching peak winds of 155 mph (249 km/h) just 13 days before the end of the season, was the second strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in the month of November. The deadliest storm of the season by far, however, was a weak tropical depression in October that caused devastating floods in Mexico.
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