Hurricane Debby

The name Debby has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • 1982's Hurricane Debby – reached Category 4 strength, grazed Bermuda and caused high winds at Cape Race, but no significant damage.
  • 1988's Hurricane Debby – reached hurricane strength just before landfall at Tuxpan, Mexico, remaining a hurricane for only six hours and later becoming Tropical Depression 17-E in the Pacific. Ten were killed in Mexico.
  • 1994's Tropical Storm Debby – formed near and passed over Saint Lucia, later dissipated over Hispaniola. Nine deaths were reported, and flooding and mudslides on Saint Lucia were severe.
  • 2000's Hurricane Debby – disorganized storm that caused minor damage to the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico, and helped relieve a severe Cuban drought.
  • 2006's Tropical Storm Debby – formed south of Cape Verde, dissipated in the Central Atlantic.
  • 2012's Tropical Storm Debby – formed near the Yucatán peninsula on June 22, 2012; weak tropical storm which made landfall in Florida and became post-tropical near the Bahamas.

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