Hurricane Alberto of 2000 was the third longest-lived tropical cyclone ever in the Atlantic, and the longest ever in August. During its three-week meander around the ocean, Alberto was upgraded to a hurricane three separate times, making it as high as category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, with peak winds near 125 mph or 200 km/h. The Cape Verde-season storm formed off the coast of Africa, but never made landfall.

This Alberto is not related to Tropical Storm Alberto of 1994, which never became a hurricane, but caused a major flooding disaster in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. The name Alberto will be next used in 2006.

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