What is Hurricane Hortense?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Hortense | Type=hurricane | Year=1996 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hortense 1996-09-12 1800Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Hortense near peak intensity | Formed=September&nbsp;3, 1996 | Dissipated=September&nbsp;16, 1996 | 1-min winds=120 | Pressure=935 | Damages=158 | Inflated=0 | Fatalities=39 direct | Areas=[[Guadeloupe]], [[Virgin Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Turks and Caicos]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] | Hurricane season=[[1996 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Hortense''' cut across [[Haiti]], the [[Dominican Republic]] and [[Puerto Rico]] in September of [[1996 Atlantic hurricane season|1996]]. The storm took next to 40 lives and did $139 million in damage. The storm also affected portions of eastern Canada, striking southeastern [[Nova Scotia]] as a Category 1 hurricane. The name '''Hortense''' was later retired. {{hurricane-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hortense}} [[Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:1996 in weather]] [[Category:1996 events]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] [[Category:1990s in weather]]