Hurricane Bertha (disambiguation)
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The name Bertha has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1957's Tropical Storm Bertha: A moderate Tropical Storm that threatened areas devastated by Hurricane Audrey two months earlier, but did not become a hurricane and caused only minor damage.
- 1984's Tropical Storm Bertha: A minimal Tropical Storm that formed in mid-Atlantic, never threatened land.
- 1990's Hurricane BerthaHurricane Bertha (1990)Hurricane Bertha was a Category 1 tropical cyclone that formed in late July and lasted though early August of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1990 season, Bertha formed as a subtropical cyclone on July 24 and moved southward where it gained...
: A Category 1 Hurricane that moved north, parallel to the East Coast of the United States before dying over Nova Scotia leaving nine dead, including six on a ship sunk by the storm. - 1996's Hurricane BerthaHurricane Bertha (1996)Hurricane Bertha was a strong, early season major hurricane which impacted areas from the Leeward Islands to Atlantic Canada. Bertha originated from a tropical wave which moved off the eastern coast of Africa in early July. By July 3, an area of low pressure developed along the wave...
: A Major Category 3 Hurricane that crossed the Leeward Islands and passed near Puerto Rico, later making landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 storm, causing $270 million in damage to the United States and its possessions and many indirect deaths. - 2002's Tropical Storm BerthaTropical Storm Bertha (2002)Tropical Storm Bertha was a minimal tropical storm that made landfall twice along the Gulf Coast of the United States in August 2002. The second tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha developed in the northern Gulf of Mexico out of a trough of low pressure that extended into...
: A minimal Tropical Storm that formed only two hours before landfall in Louisiana, dissipated, exited back into the Gulf of Mexico, striking South Texas as a Tropical Depression. Bertha caused minimal damage, and one person drowned. - 2008's Hurricane BerthaHurricane Bertha (2008)Hurricane Bertha was a rare early season Cape Verde-type hurricane. It is both the longest-lived July Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, and the easternmost forming July tropical storm on record. The second named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha developed from a tropical wave...
: A long lived Category 3 hurricane that had been upgraded to a tropical storm at 24.7°W, the easternmost tropical storm to form in July.