Hurricane Fay was the sixth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. Fay is the only hurricane to have made landfall in the United States so far this year. It is also the first storm to make a direct hit on the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
About Hurricane Fay in brief
Hurricane Fay was the sixth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. Fay evolved from a broad weather disturbance several hundred miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles on October 10. Initially a subtropical cyclone with an expansive wind field and asymmetrical cloud field, the storm gradually attained tropical characteristics as it turned north. Despite being plagued by disruptive wind shear for most of its duration, Fay steadily intensified. Veering toward the east, Fay briefly achieved Category 1 hurricane status while making landfall on Bermuda early on October 12. Wind shear eventually took its toll on Fay, causing the hurricane to weaken to a tropical storm later that day and degenerate into an open trough. Fay and Gonzalo marked the first recorded instance of two Bermuda hurricane landfalls in one season. It was the first hurricane to make landfall on the island since Emily in 1987. The terminal building at L. F. Wade International Airport was flooded after the storm compromised its roof and sprinkler system. The storm unmoored and destroyed numerous boats along the coast, and left a majority of the island’s electric customers without power.
Fay finally succumbed to the persistent windar when the low-level low became elongated and elongated from the mid-level trough and became a short-wave low. Its satellite presentation improved as a mid- level eye feature formed, though the system remained lopsided ahead of the east-northeast ahead of a shortwave trough. It remained the sixth storm of the season to become a hurricane and the fifth hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the first storm to make a direct hit on the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Fay is the only hurricane to have made landfall in the United States so far this year. It has been the most active tropical cyclone in 2014, with a maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (95 km/h) and sustained winds up to 100 mph (125 kph) Fay is currently a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and is expected to strengthen to a Category 6 hurricane by the time it makes landfall on October 15. It will be the fourth storm of 2014 to be named Fay.
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