Hurricane Alley

[hur-i-keyn al-ee, huhr-, -kuhn]

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase),  an area of warm water in the Atlantic Ocean noted for its significant hurricane activity, extending from the west coast of northern Africa to the east coast of Central America and the Gulf and east coasts of the southern United States.

   Climatologists are paying close attention to the trend of rising temperatures in Hurricane Alley, especially since 2005.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hurricane Alley¹

First recorded in 1925–30 as an informal name for the Gulf Stream; current sense dates from 1955

Example Sentences

“They were built strong because we were in a hurricane alley and had to build to withstand strong winds. It just made it doubly fun to build it like a real house.”

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Hurricane Idalia's arrival on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday signaled activity in the Atlantic's hurricane alley might not be as quiet this year as meteorologists had once predicted.

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Hurricane Idalia's arrival on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday signaled activity in the Atlantic's hurricane alley might not be as quiet this year as meteorologists had once predicted.

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The 59-year-old has lived her whole life in New Orleans, which sits on Louisiana's Gulf Coast in a zone climate experts call Hurricane Alley for the devastating storms - including Hurricane Katrina in 2005 - that routinely crash against its shores.

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Mercifully just south of the Atlantic's Hurricane Alley, Trinidad appears on the map like a small fleck of land that has been chipped off the coast of Venezuela.

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