What was the worst hurricane in 2006?
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What was the worst hurricane in 2006?
Gordon and Helene
2006 Atlantic hurricane season | |
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Last system dissipated | October 2, 2006 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Gordon and Helene |
• Maximum winds | 120 mph (195 km/h) (1-minute sustained) |
What hurricane occurred in 2006?
Only 2 storms made landfall with the mainland U.S. during 2006, Tropical Storm Alberto in Florida and Hurricane Ernesto as a tropical storm in Florida and North Carolina. For additional information on individual storms, please see the summaries below.
What was the track of Hurricane Wilma in 2005?
Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
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Hurricane Wilma track map | |
Dissipated | October 26, 2005 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 185 mph (295 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 882 mbar (hPa); 26.05 inHg (Record low in Atlantic) |
What hurricane happened in 2007?
Hurricane Humberto
Hurricane Humberto was the only hurricane to strike the mainland U.S. in 2007, rapidly intensifying to hurricane status in the early morning hours of September 13. One death is blamed on this storm.
What hurricane had the smallest eye?
Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma, 2005, 175 mph, eye diameter of two miles. Holds the record for smallest eye in recorded history.
What hurricane happened in 2008?
Hurricane Ike was the most destructive storm of the season, as well as the strongest, devastating Cuba as a major hurricane and later making landfall near Galveston, Texas, at Category 2 (nearly Category 3) intensity.
What hurricane was in 2008?
Hurricane Hanna was the deadliest storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the eighth tropical cyclone and fourth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands on August 28.
What is the largest hurricane on record?
The 31 Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes
Rank | Name/Areas of Largest Loss | Dates |
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1. | Great Hurricane (Martinique, Barbados, St. Eustatius) | 10-16 Oct. 1780 |
2. | Great Galveston Hurricane | 8 Sept. 1900 |
3. | Mitch (Honduras, Nicaragua) | 22 Oct. – 5 Nov. 1998 |
4. | Fifi (Honduras) | 14-19 Sept. 1974 |