10 Facts About Hurricane Lili

Hurricane Lili was the second costliest, deadliest, and strongest hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, only surpassed by Hurricane Isidore, which affected the same areas around a week before Lili.

Hurricane Lili made two landfalls in western Cuba later that day, and then entered the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Lili caused extensive damage through the Caribbean, particularly to crops and poorly built homes.

Hurricane Lili was responsible for severe damage to the barrier islands and marshes in the southern portion of the state.

Hurricane Lili emerged over the Gulf of Mexico later that day, having lost little strength during its overland passage.

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Hurricane Lili passed offshore of Haiti as a weakening tropical storm.

Hurricane Lili's remnants brought heavy rainfall, peaking at four inches in Arkansas, to the Southeast, before dissipating near the Arkansas-Tennessee border.

Hurricane Lili's remnants caused minimal rainfall in the Lower Tennessee Valley.

Hurricane Lili caused great environmental damage to the marshes and barrier islands in Louisiana.

Name Hurricane Lili was retired in the spring of 2003 because of its destruction and deadly Caribbean track, and will never be used again in the Atlantic basin.