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The Atlantic Basin's tropical storms and hurricanes in 2019

Debris sitting on a road after Hurricane Michael
A pile of debris near the remains of a home destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Florida. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Hurricane Dorian has continued to gain strength and is barreling toward the U.S. as a major Category 3 storm, per the National Hurricane Center. It's expected to intensify into a Category 4 — or potentially a Category 5 — over the weekend as it approaches Florida.

The big picture: NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a "near normal" season this year. It's also predicting a range of 9 to 15 named storms — 4 to 8 of which could become hurricanes.

The full list of 2019's named storms:

1. Andrea

    • Formed: May 20
    • Dissipated: May 22
    • Location: South of Bermuda
    • Highest classification: Subtropical storm
    • Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph
    • Andrea formed before the official beginning of hurricane season, making 2019 the fifth consecutive year in which a named tropical storm has formed before June 1, per the Washington Post.

2. Barry

    • Formed: July 11
    • Dissipated: July 19
    • Location: Southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi
    • Highest classification: Hurricane
    • Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph
    • Barry made landfall on Saturday over the central Louisiana coast as a Category 1 hurricane.

3. Chantal

    • Formed: August 20
    • Dissipated: August 23
    • Location: 455 miles south of Newfoundland
    • Highest classification: Tropical storm
    • Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph

4. Dorian

    • Formed: August 24
    • Location: Florida, Northwestern Bahamas
    • Highest classification: Category 3 hurricane
    • Maximum sustained winds: 115 mph

5. Erin

6. Fernand

7. Gabrielle

8. Humberto

9. Imelda

10. Jerry

11. Karen

12. Lorenzo

13. Melissa

14. Nestor

15. Olga

16. Pablo

17. Rebekah

18. Sebastien

19. Tanya

20. Van

21. Wendy

Be smart: Names are given to tropical storms when they have sustained wind speeds higher than 39 mph. Once a storm reaches sustained winds of 74 mph or higher, it's considered a hurricane, and it maintains the same name it was given when it became a tropical storm.

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