Hurricane Cesar-Douglas
Category 4 Atlantic and Pacific hurricane in 1996 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hurricane Cesar-Douglas was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed the Atlantic as Hurricane Cesar. The storm continue to move west to the Pacific as Hurricane Douglas. The storm was the strongest storm for the 1996 Pacific hurricane season. It was the second hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, in the Atlantic it was a category 1.
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Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | July 24, 1996 |
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Dissipated | August 5, 1996 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 130 mph (215 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 946 mbar (hPa); 27.94 inHg |
Fatalities | 77 direct |
Damage | $206 million (1996 USD) |
Areas affected | Curaçao, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela (as Cesar), southern Mexico (as Douglas) |
Part of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season 1996 Pacific hurricane season | |
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