Gonzalo was the seventh named storm, sixth and final hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. It made landfall on Antigua, Saint Martin, and Anguilla as a Category 1 hurricane, causing damage on those and nearby islands. Gonzalo struck Bermuda less than a week after the surprisingly fierce Hurricane Fay; 2014 was the first season in recorded history to feature two hurricane landfalls in Bermuda. A large storm system involving the remnants of Gonzalo battered the British Isles and central Europe on October 21.
About Hurricane Gonzalo in brief
Gonzalo was the seventh named storm, sixth and final hurricane and only the second major hurricane of the below-average 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed from a tropical wave on October 12, while located east of the Lesser Antilles. It made landfall on Antigua, Saint Martin, and Anguilla as a Category 1 hurricane, causing damage on those and nearby islands. Gonzalo struck Bermuda less than a week after the surprisingly fierce Hurricane Fay; 2014 was the first season in recorded history to feature two hurricane landfalls in Bermuda. A large storm system involving the remnants of Gonzalo battered the British Isles and central Europe on October 21, killing three people in the United Kingdom and severely hindering transportation. The system later played a role in triggering torrential rains over the Balkans, which resulted in severe flooding in Greece and Bulgaria. It was the second tropical cyclone, after Hurricane Fay, to directly strike the island of Bermuda in a one-week time frame in October 2014, and the first Category 4 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Ophelia in 2011. At the time, it was the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic since Igor in 2010. The hurricane later struck Saint Martin and skirted just north of the British Virgin Islands while continuing to intensify. It became extratropical on October 19, passing close to southeastern Newfoundland before becoming a tropical depression on October 20. It is the only hurricane to make landfall in Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian in 2003, which caused widespread power outages and damage to the island’s infrastructure.
It has been estimated that Bermuda suffered at least USD 200 million in insured losses, and despite the heavy disruptions, no deaths or serious injuries were reported there. The cyclone gradually weakened before crossing directly over central Bermuda at Category 2 strength around 00: 30 UTC on October 18. It then accelerated toward the waters of the North Atlantic, passing near southeastern Newfoundland, before becoming extratopical onOctober 19. It later weakened to a tropical storm, before passing over the southern tip of Africa on October 22. The remnants of the storm were last seen on October 23, causing heavy rain and flooding in parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, as well as heavy winds and heavy rain in the northern parts of Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey. It also caused heavy flooding in the southern part of the United States, with heavy rains in the state of New Jersey and New England. It eventually dissipated on October 26. It had been the seventh storm of the 2014 hurricane season and the sixth storm of its type in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, with winds of up to 80 mph (130 km/h) and gusts of more than 100 mph (160 kph) in some areas. It hit the Leeward Islands on October 11, causing extensive damage and causing US$40 million in losses. It strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on October 13, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (150 km/hr) on the eastern side of the Caribbean.
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