NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1957 Atlantic hurricane season

NHC Archive of Hurricane Seasons (1039 words)
	Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1872 - 2002 are available from the NHC Library.
	Learn about the progress of a typical hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins.
	The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1851 through 2006.

Hurricane History (12233 words)
	This classic Cape Verde hurricane was first detected as a tropical wave emerging from the coast of Africa on September 9.
	Isabel became a hurricane on September 7th and rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the 8th while the eye was located more than 1100 miles to the east of the Leeward Islands.
	Rita, the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, was a destructive and deadly hurricane that devastated portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana and significantly impacted the Florida Keys.

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