Hurricane Fiona

Hurricane Fiona
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Hurricane Fiona near peak intensity southwest of Bermuda on September 22
FormedSeptember 14, 2022
DissipatedSeptember 28, 2022
(Post-tropical after September 24, 2022)
Highest winds1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h)
Lowest pressure931 mbar (hPa); 27.49 inHg
Fatalities29 total
Damage≥$3.09 billion (2022 USD)[1]
Areas affectedLeeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, Eastern Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Greenland
Part of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Fiona was a powerful tropical cyclone in mid-to-late September 2022. The storm crashed over Puerto Rico, the northern Dominican Republic, the eastern Bahamas, Bermuda and eastern Canada from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island.[2]

Fiona killed 21 or 22 people overall. It caused over 2 billion dollars in destruction. The storm died in late September 2022. It peaked at category 4 before hitting Bermuda and eastern Canada.[3]

On March 29, 2023, the name “Fiona” was retired due to its destruction in the Caribbean and Canada, it will be replaced with “Farrah” for 2028

References

  1. ↑ "Events: Hurricane Fiona". Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters. National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hurricane Fiona September 2022". Relief Web. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ Fiona Hits Parts of Canada with Flooding, Power Outages and Destruction. New York Times (Report). Retrieved September 26, 2022.