The name Hortense was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Hortense (1984) - meandered over Bermuda as a tropical storm, causing no reported damage. Tropical Storm Hortense (1990) - disrupted by interaction with Hurricane Gustav. Hurricane Hortense (1996) - damaging and deadly cyclone that passed over Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico, and grazed the eastern Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The name Hortense was retired in the Atlantic Basin after the 1996 season, and was replaced by Hanna in the 2002 season. Atlantic hurricane set index articles