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Tropical Storm — Upper St. Bernard, LA

Oct 9, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane. In fact, intensifying from tropical depression to Category strength in 40 hours is the fastest rate of intensification of any storm on record in the Atlantic Basin. Delta quickly weakened to a category 1 hurricane after making its first landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula. It graduall

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 925011). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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