Weather of 2019

[7][8] Then, in mid-March, another cross country storm came to the United States, which killed a man in Colorado,[9] left 140,000 without power in Texas,[10] and contributed to the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods, which caused two deaths in Nebraska and one in Iowa.

[16] In late January and early February, the Australian city of Townsville experienced record flooding when a stalled but very active monsoon trough that was bought down by Tropical Low 13U, caused an overflowing of the Ross River Dam.

[39] The last major tornado outbreak of the year occurs on December 16–17, 2019, which cause 3 deaths, plus one non-tornadic.

[42][44] Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in March and caused widespread flooding across southeast Africa.

[49][50] In April, Cyclone Kenneth struck northern Mozambique as the most intense storm on record to hit the country.

[51][52] In December, Cyclone Ambali attained 10 minute winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) after the most significant rapid deepening events ever recorded in the southern hemisphere.

[42][44] In the south Atlantic Ocean, there was a rare short-lived tropical storm – Iba – which formed in March off the coast of Brazil.

[58] The season's strongest storm was Cyclone Kyarr in October, which attained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph) in the Arabian Sea.

[66] Also during the season, Cyclone Fani struck eastern India, killing 89 people and causing US$8.1 billion in damage.

[58] In September, Hurricane Dorian became the strongest storm on record to hit The Bahamas, with 1 minute sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h).

Dorian devastated the country as it moved slowly through the island group, causing US$3.4 billion in damage and at least 74 deaths, with hundreds missing.

[68] In September, Tropical Storm Imelda moved ashore southeastern Texas and left US$5 billion in damage after dropping 43.15 in (1,096 mm) of rainfall.

[69][70] Also in September, Hurricane Lorenzo attained 1 minute sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.