The 1990 hurricane season had more storms than usual but did not include the devastating storms of years past. Normal rainfall in the Sahel signaled the end of a 20-year drought and may have spanned Gilbert in 1988 and Hugo in 1989. Dr. William Gray, a professor of atmospheric science in Colorado, predicts a below average hurricane season based on below average rainfall in the Sahel and other factors. This season there were eight named storms, 14 of them hurricanes. The most deadly was Diana which killed 96 people in floods and mud slides in Mexico and caused extensive damage.
The 1990 hurricane season had more storms than usual but did not include the devastating storms of years past. Normal rainfall in the Sahel signaled the end of a 20-year drought and may have spanned Gilbert in 1988 and Hugo in 1989. Dr. William Gray, a professor of atmospheric science in Colorado, predicts a below average hurricane season based on below average rainfall in the Sahel and other factors. This season there were 14 named storms, eight of them hurricanes. The most deadly was Diana which killed 96 people in floods and mud slides in Mexico and caused extensive damage.