Hurricane Lenny was the second-strongest November Atlantic hurricane on

record and the record-breaking fifth Category 4 hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic
hurricane season. It formed on November 13 in the western Caribbean Sea and
maintained an unprecedented west-to-east track for its entire duration. It
attained hurricane status south of Jamaica and passed south of Hispaniola and
Puerto Rico, attaining peak winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) about 21 mi (34 km)
south of Saint Croix in the US Virgin Islands. It gradually weakened while moving
through the Leeward Islands, dissipating on November 23 over the open Atlantic
Ocean. Damage in the US territories totaled about $330 million, with widespread
flooding and erosion in Saint Croix. Lenny killed two people in northern Colombia,
three in Saint Martin and one in Antigua and Barbuda, where it also
contaminated the local water supply. Significant storm damage occurred as far
south as Grenada, where high surf isolated towns from the capital city.
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