Hurricane Hortense

Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Hurricane Hortense near peak intensity
Formed	September 3, 1996
Dissipated	September 16, 1996
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h)
Lowest pressure	935 mbar (hPa); 27.61 inHg
Fatalities	39 direct
Damage	$158 million (1996 USD)
Areas affected	Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Part of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Hortense cut across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in September of 1996. The storm took next to 40 lives and did $139 million in damage. The storm also affected portions of eastern Canada, striking southeastern Nova Scotia as a Category 1 hurricane. The name Hortense was later retired.

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