1988 Atlantic hurricane season
Season effects

1988 Atlantic hurricane season

Section Title: Season effects
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Name	Dates active	Peak classification	Sustained wind speeds	Pressure	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs

One	May 30 – June 2	Tropical depression	30 mph (45 km/h)	1002 hPa (29.65 inHg)	Cuba	None	37

Alberto	August 5–8	Tropical storm	40 mph (65 km/h)	1002 hPa (29.65 inHg)	United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada	None	None

Beryl	August 8–10	Tropical storm	50 mph (80 km/h)	1001 hPa (29.56 inHg)	United States Gulf Coast	3 million	1

Four	August 12–15	Tropical depression	30 mph (48 km/h)	1012 hPa (29.88 inHg)	Florida	None	None

Five	August 20 – September 1	Tropical depression	35 mph (56 km/h)	1006 hPa (29.71 inHg)	None	None	None

Six	August 20–23	Tropical depression	35 mph (56 km/h)	1006 hPa (29.71 inHg)	Windward Islands	None	None

Chris	August 21–30	Tropical storm	50 mph (80 km/h)	1005 hPa (29.68 inHg)	Leeward Islands, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, United States	1.4 million	4

Debby	August 31 – September 8	Category 1 hurricane	75 mph (121 km/h)	987 hPa (29.15 inHg)	Tuxpan, Veracruz	Unknown	20

Ernesto	September 3–5	Tropical storm	65 mph (105 km/h)	994 hPa (29.35 inHg)	None	None	None

Ten	September 3–4	Tropical depression	30 mph (48 km/h)	1004 hPa (29.65 inHg)	Louisiana	None	None

Florence	September 7–11	Category 1 hurricane	80 mph (130 km/h)	983 hPa (29.03 inHg)	Mississippi River Delta	$2.9 million	1

Unnamed	September 7–10	Tropical storm	60 mph (97 km/h)	994 hPa (29.35 inHg)	None	None	None

Gilbert	September 8–19	Category 5 hurricane	185 mph (295 km/h)	888 hPa (26.22 inHg)	Venezuela, Central America, Hispaniola, Mexico	$2.98 billion	318

Helene	September 19–30	Category 4 hurricane	145 mph (233 km/h)	938 hPa (27.70 inHg)	None	None	None

Fifteen	September 27–28	Tropical depression	35 mph (56 km/h)	1009 hPa (29.80 inHg)	None	None	None

Isaac	September 28 – October 1	Tropical storm	45 mph (72 km/h)	1005 hPa (29.68 inHg)	None	None	2

Joan–Miriam	October 11 – November 2	Category 4 hurricane	145 mph (230 km/h)	932 hPa (27.52 inHg)	Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America	$1.87 billion	216

Eighteen	October 20–21	Tropical depression	35 mph (56 km/h)	Unknown	None	None	None

Keith	November 17–24	Tropical storm	70 mph (110 km/h)	985 hPa (29.1 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Florida	7.3 million	None

Season aggregates

19 systems	May 30 – November 24	185 mph (298 km/h)	888 hPa (26.2 inHg)	$4.86 billion	550

Sentence(s)

The storm Gilbert caused $2.98 billion in damage across the Caribbean and into Central America.

final_sentence: The storm Gilbert caused $2.98 billion in damage across the Caribbean and into Central America.