st maarten hurricane?

Question

A category 5 (I think) hit the island of St Maarten about 10 years ago - what was the name and the year?

Answer 1

There appears to be several that hit St. Maarten. Looks like there was a hit in 1995, 1996, and 1998.

Hurricane Marylin hit in 1995

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1995marilyn.html

Bertha was a weaker Hurricane in 1996.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1996bertha.html

Hurricane Georges was a cat 4 storm that was nearby in 1998.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1998georges.html

You can find out more about Hurricane history at:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

November 20-21st 1999 Hurricane Lenny, only the second storm in history to move west to east across the Caribbean, stalled over St Maarten as a very strong Cat III....they had sustained 100 or better for 36 hours and it trashed the island...no one knows for sure, but a working number is 500 boats were lost in the Smpson Bay lagoon........

Answer 3

This will answer your question. The Hurricane Tracker at Accuweather.com

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/tracks.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0