The 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1970, and lasted until November 30, 1970. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The season was fairly average, with 10 total storms forming, of which five were hurricanes.
Notable storms of 1970 include Hurricane Celia, which killed 20 and caused $930 million in damages as it passed over Cuba and into Corpus Christi, Texas; Tropical Storm Dorothy, which killed 51, most in Martinique; and a tropical depression that was the wettest tropical cyclone in the history of Puerto Rico.
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