On September 27 , Debbie turned Becoming toward the northeast in the Gulf of Mexico , and the next day briefly attained Getting tropical storm status .

It initially threatened Warning areas of Louisiana that sustained significant damage from Hurricane Betsy in early September , although Debbie only caused Causation light rainfall and some flooding in the state .

Hurricane Debbie was an intense and long-lived hurricane Catastrophe that formed Coming_to_be during August 1969 .

The fifth tropical cyclone Catastrophe , fourth named storm Catastrophe , third hurricane Catastrophe and second major hurricane Catastrophe of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season , Debbie formed Coming_to_be on August 14 in the southern Atlantic Ocean and took Conquering a general northwesterly path until turning Becoming northward into the central Atlantic .

Hurricane Debbie is the most powerful cyclone on record Recording to strike Attack Ireland in September , and possibly the only tropical cyclone on record Recording to ever strike Attack Britain and Ireland while still tropical .

The fourth named storm Catastrophe of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season , Debbie originated Coming_to_be from a well-defined tropical disturbance that was first identified Check in late August over Central Africa .

Once clear of the islands , data on the storm Catastrophe became Becoming sparse , and the status of Debbie was uncertain over the following several days as it tracked Self_motion west-northwestward and later northward .

The following day , Debbie intensified Cause_change_of_strength and reached Arriving its peak intensity as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale , with maximum winds of 120 mph ( 195 km/h ) .

By September 13 , Debbie 's motion became Becoming influenced Influence by the Westerlies , causing Causation the system to accelerate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale east-northeastward .

Striking Attack Ireland as a powerful storm Catastrophe , Debbie brought Bringing record Recording winds to much of the island , with a peak gust of measured just offshore .

Throughout Ireland , Debbie killed Killing 18 people ( 12 in the Republic of Ireland and six in Northern Ireland ) .