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The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started June 1, 1980, and lasted until November 30, 1980.
The 1980 season was one of the most active seasons on record, with nine storms reaching hurricane strength. However, most of the hurricanes that did form remained at sea. Only three storms made landfall in 1980, two of which were only tropical storms.
The most notable storm of 1980 was Hurricane Allen. Allen was a powerful storm that travelled across the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico at Category 4 strength or stronger, causing widespread damage. Allen killed roughly 250 people, most in Haiti. Allen underwent a rapid drop in intensity just before its only landfall, on the southern Texas coast. This decrease was described in hindsight by a National Weather Service statement as "miraculous", and is considered responsible for greatly reducing the number of fatalities in the United States.
Other damaging storms of the season include Tropical Storm Danielle, which flooded the area of Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas; and Tropical Storm Hermine, which was responsible for flooding in Mexico.
1980 Hurricane names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1980.
- Allen
- Bonnie
- Charley
- Danielle
- Earl
- Frances
- Georges
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- Hermine
- Ivan
- Jeanne
- Karl
- Lisa
- Mitch
- Nicole
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- Otto
- Paula
- Richard
- Shary
- Tomas
- Virginie
- Walter
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Retirement
The World Meteorological Organization retired one name in the spring of 1981: Allen. It was replaced in 1986 by Andrew.
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