Hurricane Cindy

The name Cindy has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Hurricane Cindy (1959), caused minor damage to South Carolina
  • Hurricane Cindy (1963), caused $12 million damage and three deaths in Texas and Louisiana
  • Tropical Storm Cindy (1981), formed between Bermuda and Nova Scotia, then moved east, ensuring it threatened no land
  • Tropical Storm Cindy (1987), stayed in the open sea, dissipated hundreds of miles from the Azores
  • Tropical Storm Cindy (1993), the tropical depression that became Cindy crossed Martinique, killing two; as a tropical storm, it made landfall on the Dominican Republic, killing two more
  • Hurricane Cindy (1999), reached Category 4 but never threatened land
  • Hurricane Cindy (2005), made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, as a weak hurricane; moderate flooding and some tornado damage reported; originally reported as a tropical storm but was later upgraded to a hurricane
  • Tropical Storm Cindy (2011), formed northeast of Bermuda and moved out to sea, threatening no one

The name Cindy was used once in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

  • Tropical Storm Cindy (1998), originally named Victor in the Australian region; renamed by Mauritius as Cindy as it passed into the Southwest Indian Ocean

The name Cindy was used once in the Australian region.

  • Cyclone Cindy (1970), 11 to 22 March in the Gulf of Carpentaria


Famous quotes containing the word hurricane:

    Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)