What is Hurricane Floyd (1987)?
{{good}} {{Infobox hurricane | Name=Hurricane Floyd | Type=hurricane | Year=1987 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Floyd 12 oct 1987 1313Z.jpg | Image name=Satellite image of Hurricane Floyd approaching [[Florida]] | Formed=October 9, 1987 | Dissipated=October 13, 1987 | 1-min winds=65 | Pressure=993 | Damages=.5 | Fatalities=1 reported | Areas=[[Cuba]], [[Florida]] and [[The Bahamas]] | Hurricane season=[[1987 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Floyd''' was the only [[hurricane]] to make [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] in the United States during the [[1987 Atlantic hurricane season]]. It was the last of seven [[tropical storm|tropical storms]] and three [[hurricane|hurricanes]]. Floyd developed on 9 October just off the east coast of [[Nicaragua]]. It then became a tropical storm. After this, it moved northward and crossed western [[Cuba]]. Because a [[cold front]] was [[wikt:approach|approaching]], Floyd suddenly turned to the northeast. Late on 12 October it became a hurricane near the [[Florida Keys]]. It moved through the south of [[Florida]]. It produced two [[tornado|tornadoes]] and caused some damage. The hurricane also produced [[rip current|rip tides]]. This killed one person in southern [[Texas]]. Floyd was a hurricane for only twelve hours. After this, because of the cold front, it became weak. It passed through the [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]] before becoming [[extratropical cyclone|extratropical]]. It [[wikt:dissipate|dissipated]] on 14 October. ==Meteorological history== {{storm path|Floyd 1987 track.png|left|200px}} Hurricane Floyd [[wikt:origin|originated]] from a [[low pressure area]] in the [[Gulf of Honduras]] on October 5. It drifted eastward in the next few days. Then, it moved southward. It moved to a place off the east coast of Nicaragua. On October&nbsp;9, a [[Hurricane Hunters]] flight confirmed that an organized [[atmospheric circulation|circulation]] was formed. This showed that the year's thirteenth tropical depression had developed. It drifted more to the south. Then the depres