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List of devastating hurricanes that struck the U.S |
List of devastating hurricanes that struck the U.S
| Hurricanes are generally hard to predict. Though recent technologies help us to forecast the hurricane formation, the effect of these hurricanes are usually much worser beyond our imagination. Following are such worse hurricanes which tilted US in recent years. |
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Rita |
| Location: |
Grand Turk Island. |
| Year: |
September 17, 2005 |
| Description:
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever measured the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico.Hurricane Rita info.. |
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Wilma |
| Location: |
Grand Cayman Island. |
| Year: |
October 15, 2005 |
| Description: Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin.Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 season. Hurricane Wilma info.. |
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Name: |
Dean |
| Location: |
Belize City. |
| Year: |
August 13, 2007 |
| Description: Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for seventh overall. Hurricane Dean info.. |
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Name: |
Noel |
| Location: |
Southeastern Canada |
| Year: |
October 28, 2007 |
| Description: Hurricane Noel was the fourteenth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season.Noel formed on October 27 from the interaction between a tropical wave and an upper-level low in the north-central Caribbean Sea. Hurricane Noel info.. |
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Felix |
| Location: |
Central America |
| Year: |
August 31, 2007 |
| Description: Hurricane Felix was a destructive Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, that struck Central America in 2007. It was the sixth named storm, second hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Felix info.. |
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Name: |
Humberto |
| Location: |
Gulf of Mexico |
| Year: |
September 12, 2007 |
| Description: Hurricane Humberto was a minimal hurricane that formed and intensified faster than any other tropical cyclone on record before landfall. Developing on September 12, 2007, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, the cyclone rapidly strengthened and struck High Island, Texas, with winds of about 90 mph (150 km/h) early on September 13. Hurricane Humberto info.. |
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Beta |
| Location: |
Caribbean Sea |
| Year: |
October 26, 2005 |
| Description: Hurricane Beta was a compact and intense tropical cyclone that impacted areas around the southwestern Caribbean Seain late October 2005. Beta was the twenty-fourth tropicalor subtropical storm, fourteenth hurricane, and seventh and final major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Beta info.. |
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Stan |
| Location: |
Mexico |
| Year: |
October 1, 2005 |
| Description: Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones(three hurricanes, two of them major, three tropical storms and one tropical depression) to make landfall in Mexico. Hurricane Stan info.. |
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Emily |
| Location: |
Windward Islands |
| Year: |
July 10, 2005 |
| Description: Hurricane Emily was the fifth named storm, third hurricane, second major hurricane, and first Category 5 of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm formed in July as a Cape Verde-type hurricane before passing through the Windward Islands, where it caused heavy damage in Grenada. Hurricane Emily info.. |
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Dennis |
| Location: |
Gulf of Mexico |
| Year: |
July 4, 2005 |
| Description: Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbeanand Gulf of Mexico during the very active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. Hurricane Dennis info.. |
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