The 1994 Atlantic hurricane season produced only seven named tropical cyclones and three hurricanes, and was the only Atlantic hurricane season of the 1990s with no major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale). Tropical activity lasted from Alberto's formation on June 30 to Gordon's weakening on November 21. Tropical Storm Alberto produced significant rainfall and flooding in the Southeastern United States, damaging or destroying over 18,000 homes. In August, Tropical Storm Beryl produced its heaviest rainfall in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Along with a tornado it spawned, Beryl caused numerous injuries. Tropical Storm Debby killed nine people in the Caribbean in September. Florence was the most intense hurricane, at Category 2, but never made landfall. Extreme flooding and mudslides from Hurricane Gordon caused around 1,122 fatalities in Haiti and other deaths over the course of six landfalls from Costa Rica to North Carolina. A nor'easter in December may have had tropical characteristics, but was not classified as a tropical system.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Atlantic_hurricane_season
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1657:
Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet under Admiral Robert Blake attacked a Spanish treasure fleet at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife_(1657)
1792:
After Foreign Minister Charles François Dumouriez presented the French Legislative Assembly with a long list of grievances against Austria, France declared war to begin the French Revolutionary Wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars
1884:
Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical Humanum genus, denouncing Freemasonry as well as a number of beliefs and practices purportedly associated with it such as popular sovereignty and the separation of church and state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanum_genus
1968:
British Member of Parliament Enoch Powell made his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech in opposition to immigration and anti-discrimination legislation, resulting in his removal from the Shadow Cabinet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech
1998:
The violent German revolutionary group known as the Red Army Faction announced that it had dissolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
digestif: An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/digestif
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have forgotten that men cannot see Unicorns. If men no longer know what they're looking at, there may well be other unicorns in the world yet — unknown — and glad of it. --The Last Unicorn https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Last_Unicorn_(film)