Sentence examples for third major hurricane from inspiring English sources
It was only the third major hurricane on record to strike the region.
Thus, Carla was the third major hurricane of the season.
The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season.
It was the seventh named storm, fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 1969 season.
A third major hurricane occurs after 28 September in half of all Atlantic tropical cyclone seasons.
On August 27, the storm was upgraded to Category 3 intensity, becoming the third major hurricane of the season.
MIAMI, Sept. 18 — Hurricane Helene strengthened Sunday into a Category 3 storm in the open Atlantic, becoming the second major hurricane of the 2006 season, forecasters said.
By Friday morning Matthew was battering Florida, becoming the first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years.
If Matthew does come ashore, it would be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005.
A14 Second Storm Nears Florida Florida began bracing for the possibility of its second major hurricane in less than a month, with people up and down the east coast lunging for emergency supplies.
Gustav is forecast to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast around Monday and will be the first major hurricane to threaten U.S. energy installations since hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
