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    Hurricane Fifi, later known as Hurricane Orlene, was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed over 8,000 people in Honduras in September 1974, ranking...
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    motion of the storm. It was the deadliest hurricane in Central American history, surpassing Hurricane FifiOrlene, which killed slightly fewer people in...
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  • becoming Hurricane Orlene In the South-West Indian: Cyclone Fifi (1977) In the Australian region: Cyclone Daphne-Fifi (1982) Cyclone Fifi (1991) – killed...
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    renamed Tropical Storm Orlene on September 22, although it is unclear how exactly Fifi influenced the formation of Orlene. Orlene gradually intensified...
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    The hurricane left more than $1.8 billion in damage and at least 8,210 fatalities. Fifi crossed over into the eastern Pacific and was renamed Orlene. In...
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    Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes Hurricane FifiOrlene (1974) – A deadly Category 2 crossover hurricane that devastated...
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    might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as a disaster, it must have profound environmental...
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    intensified while approaching Cape Gracias a Dios Hurricane Fifi-Orlene (1974) – A disastrous Category 2 hurricane in that caused catastrophic flooding in Honduras...
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    takes place in Bangladesh; Hurricane FifiOrlene wreaks havoc in Honduras, becoming the third deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, killing over 8,000;...
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  • eastern Oaxaca Hurricane Orlene (1974) – Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in northwestern Mexico; continuation of Hurricane Fifi which crossed from...
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    of 1974 was Hurricane Fifi (Category 2), which killed 6,000–8,000 people in Honduras, making it one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record. As...
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    tropical storms Hurricane Irene–Olivia (1971) Hurricane FifiOrlene (1974) Tropical Storm Bret (1993) Hurricane Otto (2016) Hurricane Iota (2020) Miles...
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    Weather Prediction Center. Retrieved January 6, 2023. Roth, David M. "Hurricane Fifi/Orlene (1974) Rainfall Graphic". Tropical Cyclone Rainfall. United States...
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    name List of Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricanes List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes Hurricane FifiOrlene (1974) – took a path similar to Nana, making...
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    In 1974, the unit was sent to Honduras following the passing of Hurricane FifiOrlene. The following year, the PRANG was sent to respond to the 1976 Guatemala...
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  • crash while en route to Honduras to assist and support victims of Hurricane FifiOrlene. The plane was carrying a shipment of medicines that had been collected...
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    hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was the Great Hurricane of...
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    An Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricane is a tropical cyclone that develops in the Atlantic Ocean and moves into the Pacific Ocean, or vice versa. Since...
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    cyclones portal List of Category 2 Atlantic hurricanes Hurricane Fifi-Orlene (1974) – A Category 2 crossover hurricane that triggered landslides that killed...
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    September 11, 1992 – Hurricane Iniki makes landfall on Kauai, killing six throughout the islands. September 14, 1992 – Tropical Depression Orlene makes landfall...
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    Weather Prediction Center. Retrieved January 6, 2023. Roth, David M. "Hurricane Fifi/Orlene (1974) Rainfall Graphic". Tropical Cyclone Rainfall. United States...
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  • Nicaragua, as in the natural disasters caused by the Hurricane Fifi-Orlene of 1971 and Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the north and central zones of...
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    confusing to the public. In wake of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season with Hurricane Iota and Hurricane Eta the World Meteorological Organization decided...
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    scholar, philosopher and historian at Harvard University Hurricane Fifi, later known as Hurricane Orlene, struck the Central American nation of Honduras, where...
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    1968 – never threatened land. Orlene 1970 – hit eastern Oaxaca, Mexico. 1974 – continuation of Atlantic Hurricane Fifi that crossed into the Pacific....
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    killed thousands in Honduras and passed into the Pacific, becoming Hurricane Orlene. 1977 – passed west of Réunion as a result of rainfall, flooding damaged...
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