Atlantic
- Hurricane Florence (1953) - destroyed hundreds of homes in Florida, no deaths.
- 1954's Hurricane Florence - killed 5 and caused $1.5 million in damage in Mexico
- 1960's Tropical Storm Florence - caused slight damage to Florida.
- 1964's Tropical Storm Florence - passed west over the Azores while forming, went north, died at sea.
- Hurricane Florence (1988) - formed in western Gulf of Mexico, passing over New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
- Hurricane Florence (1994) - absorbed by a cold front without threatening land.
- Hurricane Florence (2000) - meandered near Bermuda but caused no damage.
- Hurricane Florence (2006) - struck Bermuda and later Newfoundland
- 2012's Tropical Storm Florence - formed near the Cape Verde Islands
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Famous quotes containing the word atlantic:
“Boys hide in lunging cubes
Crouching to explode,
Beyond the Atlantic skies,
With cheerful cries
Their barking tubes
Upon the German toad.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Tell [the next Miss America] she is taking on a great responsibility. A responsibility to herself, to her people, to the Miss American Pageant, the people of Atlantic City, her state and her nation. Tell her the country and the world will judge America by her.”
—Colleen Kay Hutchins (b. c. 1932)