Subtropical Storm Andrea

9 - 11 May 2007

Andrea formed off the southeast coast of the United States. It was the eighth earliest cyclone since 1851 and the first May cyclone since 1981.There were no reports of deaths directly attributable to Andrea as a subtropical storm. Since Andrea never made landfall, most of the resulting damage was associated with the generation of large waves, higher than normal astronomical tides and associated coastal flooding, and associated beach erosion. Most of the significant damage occurred from North Carolina through Florida on 6-8 May as a result of very strong winds and waves associated with the pre-Andrea extratropical cyclone. A storm surge of 2-3 ft was reported in St. Johns and Flagler Counties in northeastern Florida.

Tropical Storm Barry

1 - 2 June 2007

Barry was a short-lived tropical storm that brought beneficial rains to Florida. The tornado that occurred on northern Sugarloaf Key produced moderate damage to roofing materials and the one in Cutler Bay produced roof damage to a home and uprooted large trees. In general, the rains produced by Barry were beneficial primarily to Florida.

Tropical Storm Chantal

31 July - 1 August 2007

Chantal was a short-lived tropical storm that moved roughly parallel to, but offshore from, the U.S. east coast. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Chantal. However the extratropical cyclone that was formerly Chantal did cause some flood-related damages in southeastern Newfoundland.

Hurricane Dean

13 - 23 August 2007

Dean was a classic Cape Verde cyclone that moved through the Caribbean as a major hurricane, passing very close to Jamaica and later making landfall on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula as a category 5 hurricane. Dean, the first Atlantic hurricane since Andrew of 1992 to reach land at category 5 strength, was responsible for 32 deaths. Based largely on reports provided by the meteorological services of the affected countries, the number of direct deaths associated with Dean is estimated to be 32, with 14 occurring in Haiti, 12 in Mexico, 3 in Jamaica, 2 in Dominica, and 1 in St. Lucia. Remarkably, the deaths in Mexico occurred in the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, and San Luis Potosi, in association with Dean's second (weaker) landfall.

Hurricane Felix

31 August - 5 September 2007

Hurricane Felix was a small, but powerful, category 5 hurricane that caused major damage in northeastern Nicaragua. Media reports indicate that Felix caused 130 deaths in Nicaragua and Honduras, along with 70 others missing. While detailed figures on how many were killed in each country are not available, the reports suggest that the majority of the deaths were in Nicaragua. Felix's landfall in Nicaragua caused severe damage to structures from winds and storm surge along the coast from Puerto Cabezas northward. Media reports indicate thousands of homes and other structures were destroyed. Additional damage from rain-induced flooding occurred inland in both Nicaragua and Honduras.

Tropical Storm Gabrielle

8 - 11 September 2007

Gabrielle was a tropical storm that made landfall along the Cape Lookout National Seashore in eastern North Carolina, and then exited the coast less than 12 hours later near Kill Devil Hills. Overall, impacts from Gabrielle were minimal in eastern North Carolina. Reports indicate that storm surge and higher than normal tidal levels contributed to an over-wash of Highway 12 in Dare County, north of Cape Hatteras near Salvo and Rodanthe. Minor beach erosion was also reported along the south facing beaches of Carteret, Hyde, and southern Dare Counties. A few streets in Morehead City and Beaufort were closed due to heavy rainfall and several homes and businesses suffered minor flood damage. There were no reports of casualties associated with Gabrielle.

Hurricane Humberto

12 - 14 September 2007

Humberto was a short-lived tropical cyclone that made landfall in extreme southeastern Texas as a strong category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). The hurricane is notable for its exceptionally rapid intensification near the coast of Texas from a tropical depression into a hurricane within 19 hours. There was one death in Bridge City, Texas directly associated with Humberto when a car port fell on an elderly man when he went outside to check on his backyard. Twelve injuries were also noted in southeastern Texas, including snake bites, cuts, bruises and broken bones. Power outages at least 120,000 homes were reported in Texas and 13,000 customers lost power in Louisiana. Insured losses from Humberto are estimated to be less than 50 million dollars from the Insurance Services Office, and a rough estimate of total property damages is about 50 million dollars. The final damage figure is much lower than estimates earlier reported in the media. The low damage total is probably due to the small size of the system and the relatively unpopulated area that it impacted. In addition, Hurricane Rita caused much more severe conditions to extreme southeastern Texas in 2005 and may have limited the amount of damage that could have been done by a small Category 1 hurricane. Most of the damage noted from Humberto was due to fresh water floods and wind, the latter knocking down trees and power lines and causing roof damage.

Tropical Storm Ingrid

12 - 17 September 2007

Ingrid was a tropical storm that formed over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean and dissipated as it approached the Leeward Islands. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Ingrid nor was there landfall.

Tropical Depression Ten

21 - 22 September 2007

Tropical Depression Ten was a short-lived cyclone that formed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on 21 September and made landfall early on 22 September along the Florida panhandle. There were no reports of deaths attributable to the cyclone and impacts were minimal. Due to the potential threat to the northern Gulf coast, several coastal communities ordered evacuations and the state of Louisiana declared a state of emergency. Several oil companies evacuated non-essential workers and shut down oil platforms resulting in the disruption of U.S. Gulf oil and natural gas production. The precursor to Tropical Depression Ten produced an EF1 tornado near Eustis, Florida, on 20 September that destroyed several homes in the area.

Tropical Storm Jerry

23 - 24 September 2007

Jerry was a short-lived tropical cyclone over the far northeastern Atlantic. There are no reports of casualties or damage associated with Jerry.

Hurricane Karen

25 - 29 September 2007

Karen was briefly a hurricane over the tropical Atlantic. It did not threaten land, and it dissipated just to the east of the Leeward Islands. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Karen nor landfall.

Hurricane Lorenzo

25 - 28 September 2007

Hurricane Lorenzo was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) that made landfall in Mexico south of Tuxpan - in virtually the same location that Hurricane Dean had struck a month earlier. The government of Mexico reports six deaths attributable to Lorenzo: one in the state of Veracruz and five in Puebla. At least four of the deaths were caused by flash floods or mud slides. Damage in the two states included downed trees and power lines, as well as washed out roads and flooded homes. Media reports indicate that high winds peeled the roofs off of a number of homes in the seaside town of Nautla, to the south of where the center of Lorenzo made landfall. In Puebla, 169 homes were reported damaged and landslides made many roadways impassible. In the state of Hidalgo the San Lorenzo River overflowed its banks, forcing the evacuation of over 200 people.

Tropical Storm Melissa

28 - 30 September 2007

Melissa was a short-lived tropical storm over the eastern Atlantic that formed near the Cape Verde Islands but did not affect land. There were no reports of damage or casualties associated with Melissa nor landfall.

Tropical Depression Fifteen

11 - 12 October 2007

A tropical storm with no reports of damage or landfall.

Hurricane Noel

28 October - 2 November 2007

Noel took an erratic track across Hispaniola and Cuba as a tropical storm before becoming a hurricane as it exited the northwestern Bahamas. Torrential rainfall from Noel produced devastating floods and loss of life in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Noel then evolved into a large and powerful extratropical cyclone that brought hurricane force wind gusts to portions of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Torrential rains from Noel produced widespread damage and loss of life in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas. As of this writing, Noel is estimated to have caused a total of 163 deaths, while 59 remained missing. On 16 November, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs listed the death toll in the Dominican Republic at 87, while 42 people remained missing. The exact number of deaths in Haiti has been somewhat difficult to determine, as counts have ranged from 57 to 103. Media reports from Reuters on 8 November stated that authorities have confirmed 57 fatalities. A report from the USAID Fact Sheet #3 on 8 November lists 103 casualties in Haiti with 20 persons missing. This report, however, appears to include deaths that may have occurred during "continuous rains over the past six weeks" before Noel's passage. A report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on 14 December states that the Haitian Direction of the Civil Protection (Direction de las Protection Civile- DPC) confirmed 73 deaths, while 17 people remained missing. For the purpose of establishing a final death toll in Haiti for Noel, this report uses the count of 73 fatalities, since that count is from a Haitian governmental agency and it appears to only include the deaths directly attributed to the tropical cyclone. Reports indicate that Noel was responsible for one death in the Bahamas, one death in Jamaica, and one death in Cuba. The reports show that nearly all of the fatalities were the result of floods and mudslides. In the Dominican Republic and Haiti, there were several reports of villages being swept away by flood waters. In Cuba, a man died attempting to cross a swollen river, and in Jamaica the death was the consequence of a tree falling on a house due to a landslide.

Reports show that 78,000 people in the Dominican Republic remained in emergency shelters over two weeks after the passage of Noel. The cyclone is estimated to have damaged nearly 15,000 homes with a little more than 6,000 homes destroyed. Mudslides and floods also washed away several bridges that left numerous towns and villages isolated for many days. The government of the Dominican Republic reported that crop losses totaled $77.7 million (United States dollars) in that country. In Haiti, government reports note that nearly 18,000 homes were damaged and almost 4,000 homes were destroyed, while countless crops were ruined due to floods.

Reuters reported that 80,000 residents in Cuba were evacuated from flooding produced by Noel. Twenty-two thousand houses were damaged or destroyed and over 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of roads were damaged. Other infrastructures including railroad lines, drainage systems, bridges and power lines were also damaged. Agricultural losses accounted for $305 million of the $500 million (United States dollars) in financial losses in Cuba as reported by the Granma International Newspaper on 8 November. Officials reported that Cuba lost 10% of its coffee crop and that nearly 125,000 acres of sugar cane fields were flooded or damaged, which accounts for about half of the Cuban sugar output. Damage to homes amounted to $128 million, and $33 million in damages were estimated for the collapse of power and communication lines. The Cuban Meteorological Service stated that rains from Noel produced the worst flooding in Cuba since Hurricane Flora in 1963.

Media reports from the Bahamas show that severe flooding occurred on Cat Island, Exuma, and Long Island with water inundating several homes. The one death reported in the Bahamas was a drowning that was blamed on the flooding in Exuma.

As a tropical cyclone, Noel was not directly responsible for any damage in the United States. The extratropical cyclone produced strong winds that downed trees and power lines in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Media reports indicate 190,000 homes and businesses in eastern Canada and about 80,000 homes in the northeastern United States lost electricity. Coastal floods and significant wave action washed out sections of coastal roads in Nova Scotia and many roads were littered with large rocks and boulders that washed ashore during the storm. Several waterfront buildings also suffered damage and some docks were destroyed.

The gale force winds created by the combination of Noel and a strong high over the eastern United States generated very large waves that pounded the east coast of Florida for several days. This wave action produced significant beach erosion along the Atlantic Coast of Florida prior to Noels center passing offshore. It is difficult to determine the monetary impact of the beach erosion in Florida, but media reports estimate the cost at $3-4 million for the Palm Beach area beaches alone. Additional beach erosion was reported along the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas northward as Noel passed east of the United States.

Tropical Storm Olga

11 - 12 December 2007

Olga was a short-lived out of season tropical storm that produced torrential rains, flooding, and loss of life across portions of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Olga's remnants continued across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the eastern Gulf of Mexico before being absorbed by a cold front over central Florida. Due primarily to torrential rainfall, mudslides, and flooding of the Yaque River in the Dominican Republic, at least 22 deaths are directly associated with Olga in that country, according to the Dominican Republic Meteorological Office. In addition, 2 deaths in Haiti and 1 death in Puerto Rico were reported in association with Olga. Olga's impact was unusually severe due to the grounds having been previously saturated from the passage of Tropical Storm Noel at the end of October. News reports indicate that almost 12,000 homes were damaged, including 370 that were completely destroyed, which caused more than 60,000 people to be displaced. During the time when Olgas remnants moved rapidly across Florida, a tornado touched down in central Florida in Pasco County causing damage to several buildings including a County Fire Station and the Pasco County Jail.