This article is about a type of tropical cyclone categorized by development location. For storms actually affecting the Cape Verde archipelago, see List of West Africa hurricanes.
A Cape Verde hurricane or Cabo Verde hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that originates at low-latitude in the deep tropics from a tropical wave that has passed over or near the Cape Verde islands after exiting the coast of West Africa. The average Atlantic hurricane season has about two Cape Verde hurricanes, which are often the largest and most intense storms of the season due to having plenty of warm open ocean over which to develop before encountering land or other factors prompting weakening. A good portion of Cape Verde storms are large, and some, such as hurricanes Allen, Ivan, Dean, and Irma have set various records. Most of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin are Cape Verde hurricanes. While many move harmlessly out to sea, some move across the Caribbean sea and into the Gulf of Mexico, becoming damaging storms for Caribbean nations, Central America, Mexico, Bermuda, the United States, and occasionally even Canada. Research projects since the 1970s have been launched to understand the formation of these storms.
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Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived CapeVerdehurricane that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as...
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, CapeVerdehurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth...
Hurricane Hugo was an intense Category 5 CapeVerde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern...
it reached hurricane on September 9. The hurricane continued moving northwestward as it bypassed the CapeVerde Islands to the west at Category 1 strength...
New York City and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960. Gloria was a CapeVerdehurricane originating from a tropical wave on September 16...
Hurricane Allen was a rare and extremely powerful CapeVerdehurricane that affected the Caribbean, eastern and northern Mexico, and southern Texas in...
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful CapeVerdehurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in early September 2017. Irma was the...
CapeVerde (formally, the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to distinct communities of plants, birds, and reptiles...
Hurricane Igor was a very large CapeVerdehurricane and the most destructive tropical cyclone on record to strike the Canadian island of Newfoundland...
Hurricane Fabian was a powerful CapeVerdehurricane that impacted Bermuda in early September during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the sixth...
Hurricane Faith was a long-lived CapeVerdehurricane and was the sixth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. Faith developed...
Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful CapeVerdehurricane which struck the Bahamas and the East Coast of the United States. It was the sixth named storm...
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful CapeVerdehurricane that caused extensive damage in the Caribbean and Florida. Lasting from late August to mid-September...
Hurricane Larry was a strong and long-lived CapeVerdehurricane that became the first hurricane to make landfall in Newfoundland since Igor in 2010. The...
hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Isabel formed near the CapeVerde Islands from a tropical wave on September 6, in the tropical Atlantic...