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Tropical Depression Sixteen organized on the evening of October 27 over the eastern Caribbean. This storm intensified and became Tropical Storm Noel the next afternoon. Tropical Storm Noel made landfall in Haiti on October 29, then slowly passed through the western Caribbean near Cuba for the next few days, bringing torrential rain to the region. Noel, moving into the westerlies, picked up a little speed as it traveled northeastward through the Bahamas. Taking the opportunity of a brief period of decreased shear, Tropical Storm Noel strengthened into a hurricane on November 1. Simultaneously, a mid-level short wave began interacting with Noel, signaling the storm's impending extratropical transition. On November 2, Hurricane Noel began transitioning to a strong extratropical cyclone with sustained winds remaining at the Category 1 hurricane level. This slow transition continued as the storm moved northeast through November 4, when it passed over Labrador. At least 148 people lost their lives to Noel in the Caribbean. The strongest winds in Hurricane Noel were 130 km/hr (70 knots or 80 mph), and its lowest pressure was 980 mb.
National Hurricane Center
Names for 2007 Atlantic Storms:
Andrea,
Barry,
Chantal,
Dean,
Erin,
Felix,
Gabrielle,
Humberto,
Ingrid,
Jerry,
Karen,
Lorenzo,
Melissa,
Noel,
Olga,
Pablo,
Rebekah,
Sebastien,
Tanya,
Van,
Wendy
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