Hurricane Jeanne
| Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Hurricane Jeanne as a Category 3 on September 25, approaching Florida
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| Formed | September 13, 2004 |
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| Dissipated | September 29, 2004 |
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| Highest winds |
1-minute sustained: 120 mph (195 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 950 mbar (hPa); 28.05 inHg |
| Fatalities | >3,035 direct |
| Damage | $7.66 billion (2004 USD) |
| Areas affected | U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bahamas, Florida; flooding and damage in other eastern U.S. states |
| Part of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season | |
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| Deaths from Hurricane Jeanne | ||||||
| Country | Total | State | County | County total |
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| Dominican Republic | 18 | |||||
| Haiti | 3,006+ | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 8 | |||||
| United States | 5 | Florida | Brevard | 1 | ||
| Clay | 1 | |||||
| Indian River | 1 | |||||
| South Carolina | Fairfield | 1 | ||||
| Virginia | Patrick | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 3,036+ | |||||
| Because of differing sources, totals may not match. | ||||||
Hurricane Jeanne was the deadliest hurricane in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the tenth named storm, the seventh hurricane, and the fifth major hurricane of the season, as well as the third hurricane and fourth named storm of the season to make landfall in Florida. After wreaking havoc on Hispaniola, Jeanne struggled to reorganize, eventually strengthening and performing a complete loop over the open Atlantic. It headed westwards, strengthening into a Category 3 hurricane and passing over the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas on September 25. Jeanne made landfall later in the day in Florida just 2 miles (3 kilometers) from where Frances had struck a mere 3 weeks earlier. Building on the rainfall of Frances and Ivan, Jeanne brought near-record flood levels as far north as West Virginia and New Jersey before its remnants turned east into the open Atlantic. Jeanne is blamed for at least 3,006 deaths in Haiti with about 2,800 in Gonaïves alone, which was nearly washed away by floods and mudslides. The storm also caused 7 deaths in Puerto Rico, 18 in the Dominican Republic and at least 4 in Florida, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 3,025; Jeanne is the 12th deadliest Atlantic hurricane ever. Final property damage in the United States was $6.8 billion, making this the 13th costliest hurricane in U.S. history.
Tropical Depression Eleven formed from a tropical wave 70 miles (110 km) east-southeast of Guadeloupe in the evening of September 13, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Jeanne the next day. Jeanne passed south of the U.S. Virgin Islands on September 15, making landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico later the same day. After crossing Puerto Rico, Jeanne reached hurricane strength on September 16 near the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola, but fell back to tropical storm strength later that day as it moved across the mountainous island. Jeanne moved offshore the Dominican Republic late in the afternoon of September 17. By that time, Jeanne had weakened to tropical depression strength. Even though Jeanne did not strike Haiti directly, the storm was large enough to cause flooding and mudslides, particularly in the northwestern part of the country.
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