Hurricane Hortense (1996)

It began as a tropical wave in early September and struck Guadeloupe early on 8 September with winds of 60 mph, made landfall in Puerto Rico on 9 September, and brushed the Dominican Republic shortly after. Pulling away from the Antilles it intensified rapidly, reaching maximum sustained winds of 220 km/h. Cooler water and an unfavourable atmosphere weakened it as it accelerated toward Atlantic Canada, and early on 15 September it came ashore in Nova Scotia as a minimal Category 1, bringing heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds at isolated locations. Landfall coincided with high tide, and the storm surge caused significant coastal flooding.

Formed (UTC)

1996-09-03

Dissipated (UTC)

1996-09-16

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1996248N15319

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 4, puerto rico, nova scotia, storm surge, 1996

Coordinates: 24.643200098600648, -71.81419997534984

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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