Hurricane Michelle (2001)

Michelle developed on October 29 from a tropical wave that had moved off the African coast 13 days earlier and had crossed into the western Caribbean Sea. It peaked with winds of 140 mph and a minimum pressure of 933 mbar, then struck south-central Cuba, the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island since Hurricane Fox in 1952. Torrential rain along its track through the western Caribbean killed 17 people and caused extensive damage in Central America and Cuba. After crossing the Bahamas it became extratropical early on November 6 and was absorbed by a frontal system that night.

Formed (UTC)

2001-10-29

Dissipated (UTC)

2001-11-06

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

17

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2001303N13276

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 4, cuba, caribbean, bahamas, extratropical transition

Coordinates: 23.03427138722738, -79.78216076596577

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2000 to 2007 seasons

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