Tropical Storm Debbie
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The name Debbie has been used to name for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean
. There were several tropical cyclones with the similar name of Debby, which is on the modern lists.
The name Debbie has also been used for one tropical cyclone in the southwest Pacific.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. There were several tropical cyclones with the similar name of Debby, which is on the modern lists.
- 1957's Tropical Storm Debbie - a tropical storm which moved into the Florida panhandle in 1957.
- 1961's Hurricane Debbie - eventually hit Ireland and Britain, causing 11 deaths in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. - 1965's Tropical Storm Debbie - which caused heavy rainfall in Mobile, Alabama late in September 1965.
- 1969's Hurricane Debbie - seededCloud seedingCloud seeding, a form of intentional weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud...
by Project StormfuryProject StormfuryProject Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into them and seeding with silver iodide. The project was run by the United States Government from 1962 to 1983....
before later brushing Newfoundland.
The name Debbie has also been used for one tropical cyclone in the southwest Pacific.
- 2003's Cyclone Debbie