Hurricane Faith was the northernmost tracking tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin, as well as the longest distance traveled. The eighth tropical cyclone and sixth named storm of the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season, Faith developed from an area of disturbed weather between Cape Verde and the west coast of Africa on August 21. Tracking westward, the tropical depression gradually intensified, and became a tropical storm on the following day. Continuing to head westward across the Atlantic, it intensified and weakened slightly in nearly the same manner for the next several days, until rapid intensification occurred on August 28. Weakening back slightly, it tracked a long distance across the Atlantic, reaching as far north as the Faroe Islands before weakening further. Hurricane Faith finally transitioned into an extratropical storm over the North Sea.
Although Hurricane Faith was tracked for a very long distance, there were only four fatalities and minimal damage due to the affected areas being sparsely populated.
Read more about Hurricane Faith: Meteorological History, Impact and Records
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