1979 Meteorology: 1979 Atlantic Hurricane Season, 1979 Pacific Hurricane Season, 1979 Pacific Typhoon Season, Tornadoes of 1979

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 1979 Atlantic hurricane season, 1979 Pacific hurricane season, 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tornadoes of 1979, Hurricane David, 1979 Red River Valley tornado outbreak, Typhoon Tip, Hurricane Frederic, Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado, Hurricane Bob, Hurricane Henri, Tropical Storm Elena, Tropical Storm Claudette, 1979 Woodstock, Ontario tornado, 1979 Easter flood, February 13, 1979 windstorm. Excerpt: The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season was the first in which the Atlantic hurricane naming list included both males and females. It officially began on June 1 and lasted until November 30, and there was tropical cyclone activity in every month. The dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The most notable storm of 1979 was Hurricane David, a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale that killed over 2,000 people, mostly in the Dominican Republic, and caused nearly 1.5 billion dollars in damage (1979 USD). Hurricane Frederic, which caused $2.3 billion (1979 US dollars and became the most expensive hurricane in United States history when it made landfall near the border between Mississippi and Alabama. The 1979 season was an average but destructive season with 20 depressions, but only nine became storms. The notable cyclones include Tropical Depression Two which caused one of Jamaica's worst natural disasters. Tropical Storm Claudette became one of the most destructive tropical storms of all time and creating a 24-hour rainfall record at the time. Hurricane David peaked at Category 5 status becoming the first hurricane of such strength to make landfall directly in the Dominican Republic, killing over 2,000 people. Hurricane Frederic became a weak Category 4 hurricane with winds of 135 mph (217 km/h), doing over $4-8 billion dollars in damage...