Hurricane Bill Cat 4
Hurricane Bill was the second named storm, first
hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2009
Atlantic hurricane season and currently is a strongest
hurricane of the season. Bill, a Cape Verde type
Hurricane, originated in a tropical wave that emerged
from the western coast of Africa on August 12, and
organized into a tropical depression near the Cape Verde
islands on Saturday August 15, 2009. The depression was
quickly upgraded to a tropical storm. Tracking generally
west-northwestward, Bill attained hurricane status and
major hurricane status on August 17 and August 18 as a
Category 4 hurricane. It weakened as it veered north,
passing Bermuda with little impact, and Bill lost
tropical characteristics as it passed into Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland. However, waves up the East Coast
killed two poeple, coming close enough to warrant
tropical cyclone watches and warnings in both the US and
Canada.
Hurricane
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