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'''Hurricane Dennis''' was an early-forming major [[hurricane]] in the [[Caribbean]] and [[Gulf of Mexico]] during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. In July, the hurricane set several records for early season hurricane activity, becoming both the earliest formation of a fourth tropical cyclone and the strongest [[Atlantic hurricane]] ever to form before August, according to available records.
Dennis hit [[Wikipedia:Cuba|Cuba]] twice as a Category 4 hurricane on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]], and made landfall on the [[Florida Panhandle]] in the [[United States]] as a Category 3 storm less than a year after [[Hurricane Ivan]] did so. Dennis caused at least 89 deaths (42 direct) in the U.S. and [[Caribbean]] and caused $2.23 billion (2005 [[US dollars]]) in damages to the United States, as well as an approximately equal amount of damage in the Caribbean, primarily on [[Cuba]].
==Storm history==
