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| | ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
| | + | {{incomplete|We should probably finish that list.}} |
| | + | The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) and the {{w|National Centers for Environmental Prediction}} (NCEP). Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name. |
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| − | The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) to determine the severity and the {{w|National Centers for Enrvironmental Prediction}}'s (NCEP) rainfall to determine where the hurricane was present. Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name.
| + | Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, like Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall. |
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| | + | A partial list of the hurricanes before {{w|Tropical cyclone naming}} was introduced: |
| | + | * {{w|1915 Galveston hurricane}}, which hit hardest along the Texas coastline near Galveston. |
| | + | * {{w|1915 New Orleans hurricane}}, which hit hardest in the areas near New Orleans. |
| | + | * {{w|1916 Texas hurricane}}, which hit hardest along the west side of Texas's coastline. The other "1916" is from another 1916 hurricane that caused severe floods in an area of North Carolina. |
| | + | * {{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 Louisiana hurricane}} ("1918 I"), which hit hardest in western Louisiana. |
| | + | * {{w|1921 Tampa Bay hurricane}}, which hit hardest exactly where the name implies. |
| | + | * {{w|1926 Nassau hurricane}} ("1926 I"), which hit hardest in a small area of north-eastern Florida. |
| | + | * {{w|1926 Louisiana hurricane}} ("1926 II"), which hit hardest at the end of the Florida panhandle. |
| | + | * {{w|1926 Miami hurricane}} ("1926 III"), which obviously hit the Miami area the hardest. The costliest hurricane in US history. |
| | + | * {{w|1928 Okeechobee hurricane}} |
| | + | * {{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|1932 Freeport}} |
| | + | * {{w|1933 Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane}}, which hit hardest along the western side of Chesapeake Bay. |
| | + | * {{w|1935 Labor Day hurricane}}, which hit hardest along two areas of western Florida. The 1935 hurricane is notable for being the strongest hurricane in American history. |
| | + | * {{w|1938 New England hurricane}}, which hit hardest around Long Island and Connecticut. Although Sandy caused more monetary damage to the New Jersey/NYC area, the 1938 hurricane was more powerful and resulted in far more deaths. |
| | + | * {{w|1940 South Carolina hurricane}} |
| | + | * {{w|1941 Texas hurricane}} |
| | + | * {{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|1942 Matagorda}} |
| | + | * {{w|1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane}} in Florida, {{w|1944 Great Atlantic hurricane}} along the Northeastern seaboard |
| | + | * 1946 |
| | + | * {{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|1947 King}} |
| | + | * 1949 |
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| | + | {{w|List_of_historic_tropical_cyclone_names#North_Atlantic|Full list of named hurricanes}}: |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|1950 Easy}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Carol|1954 Carol}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Edna|1954 Edna}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Hazel|1954 Hazel}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Connie|1955 Connie}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Diane|1955 Diane}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Audrey|1957 Audrey}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|1958 Helene}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Gracie|1959 Gracie}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Donna|1960 Donna}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Carla|1961 Carla}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|1961 Esther}} Labelled incorrectly as 1951. |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Dora|1964 Dora}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Hilda|1964 Hilda}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Betsy|1965 Betsy}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|1966 Alma}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Beulah|1967 Beulah}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Camille|1969 Camille}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Celia|1970 Celia}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Agnes|1972 Agnes}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Carmen|1974 Carmen}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Eloise|1975 Eloise}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_David|1979 David}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Frederic|1979 Frederic}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Allen|1980 Allen}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|1984 Diana}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Elena|1985 Elena}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Gloria|1985 Glora}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|1985 Kate}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Hugo|1989 Hugo}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Bob|1991 Bob}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Andrew|1992 Andrew}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Opal|1995 Opal}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Fran|1996 Fran}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|1998 Bonnie}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Floyd|1999 Floyd}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Lili|2002 Lili}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Isabel|2003 Isabel}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Charley|2004 Charley}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Frances|2004 Frances}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|2004 Gaston}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Ivan|2004 Ivan}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|2004 Jeanne}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Dennis|2005 Dennis}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Katrina|2005 Katrina}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Rita|2005 Rita}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Gustav|2008 Gustav}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Ike|2008 Ike}} |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Irene|2011 Irene}} |
| | + | * {{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|2011 Lee}} Not a hurricane, but a tropical storm |
| | + | * {{w|Hurricane_Sandy|2012 Sandy}} |
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| | The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later. | | The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later. |
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| | Hurricanes and especially their names have been featured before in comics [[453: Upcoming Hurricanes]], [[944: Hurricane Names]] and [[1126: Epsilon and Zeta]]. | | Hurricanes and especially their names have been featured before in comics [[453: Upcoming Hurricanes]], [[944: Hurricane Names]] and [[1126: Epsilon and Zeta]]. |
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| − | ===Listed hurricanes===
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| − | A full list of North Atlantic hurricanes after {{w|Tropical cyclone naming}} was introduced can be found {{w|List_of_historic_tropical_cyclone_names#North_Atlantic|here}}.
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| − | !Date
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| − | !Name
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| − | !States
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| − | !Highest winds
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| − | !Lowest pressure
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| − | !Casualties
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| − | (Est. total)
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| − | !Damage estimate
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| − | (USD; uninflated)
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1915
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| − | ||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
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| − | ||LA TX OK AR
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||940 mbar
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| − | ||400
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| − | ||$50 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
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| − | ||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||931 mbar
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| − | ||275
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| − | ||$13 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1916
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| − | ||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
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| − | ||SC NC
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| − | ||115 mph
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| − | ||960 mbar
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| − | ||7
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| − | ||$100,000
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
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| − | ||TX
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| − | ||135 mph
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| − | ||932 mbar
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| − | ||15
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| − | ||$1.8 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1918
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| − | ||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
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| − | ||LA
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| − | ||120 mph
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| − | ||955 mbar
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| − | ||34
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| − | ||$5 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1921
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| − | ||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||140 mph
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| − | ||941 mbar
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| − | ||6
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| − | ||$3 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="4"|1926
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| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||140 mph
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| − | ||967 mbar
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| − | ||<287
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| − | ||$16,401,000
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
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| − | ||GA
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| − | ||140 mph
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| − | ||967 mbar
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| − | ||unknown
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| − | ||unreported
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
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| − | ||TX LA AL
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| − | ||115 mph
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| − | ||955 mbar
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| − | ||25
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| − | ||$6million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
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| − | ||FL AL MS LA
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| − | ||150 mph
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| − | ||930 mbar
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| − | ||478
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| − | ||$22 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1928
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| − | ||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
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| − | ||FL SC NC
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| − | ||160 mph
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| − | ||≤ 929 mbar
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| − | ||<4,078
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| − | ||$100 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1932
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| − | ||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
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| − | ||TX
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| − | ||150 mph
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| − | ||935 mbar
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| − | ||40
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| − | ||$7.5 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1933
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| − | ||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
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| − | ||NC VA MD PA
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| − | ||140 mph
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| − | ||940 mbar
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| − | ||31
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| − | ||$27 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1935
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| − | ||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||185 mph
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| − | ||892 mbar
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| − | ||<400
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| − | ||unreported
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1938
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| − | ||{{w|1938_New_England_hurricane|New England}}
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| − | ||NY CT
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| − | ||160 mph
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| − | ||940 mbar
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| − | ||682
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| − | ||$300 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1940
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| − | ||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
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| − | ||SC NC
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| − | ||100 mph
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| − | ||972 mbar
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| − | ||50
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| − | ||$13 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1941
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| − | ||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
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| − | ||LA TX
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| − | ||125 mph
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| − | ||942 mbar
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| − | ||4
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| − | ||$7 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1942
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| − | ||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
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| − | ||TX NM OK
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| − | ||115 mph
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| − | ||950 mbar
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| − | ||8
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| − | ||$26.5 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1944
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| − | ||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
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| − | ||NY NC to CT
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||933 mbar
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| − | ||390
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| − | ||<$100 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||937 mbar
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| − | ||300
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| − | ||$100 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1946
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| − | ||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
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| − | ||FL NC
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| − | ||100 mph
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| − | ||977 mbar
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| − | ||5 (in Cuba)
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| − | ||$5.2 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1947
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| − | ||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
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| − | ||FL GA SN NC
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| − | ||105 mph
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| − | ||965 mbar
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| − | ||1
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| − | ||$20 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1949
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| − | ||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
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| − | ||FL GA to NH
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| − | ||130 mph
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| − | ||954 mbar
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| − | ||2
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| − | ||$52 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1950
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
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| − | ||FL GA AK
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| − | ||125 mph
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| − | ||958 mbar
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| − | ||2
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| − | ||$3.3 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="3"|1954
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
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| − | ||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
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| − | ||115 mph
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| − | ||957 mbar
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| − | ||72
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| − | ||$462 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
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| − | ||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
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| − | ||120 mph
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| − | ||≤ 954 mbar
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| − | ||29
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| − | ||>$42.8 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
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| − | ||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
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| − | ||150 mph
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| − | ||≤ 937 mbar
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| − | ||1,000-1,200
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| − | ||$420 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1955
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
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| − | ||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||936 mbar
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| − | ||74
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| − | ||<$86 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
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| − | ||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT
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| − | ||120 mph
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| − | ||≤ 969 mbar
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| − | ||≥184
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| − | ||$754.7 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1957
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
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| − | ||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||945 mbar
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| − | ||<416
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| − | ||$147 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1958
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
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| − | ||SC to ME
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| − | ||135 mph
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| − | ||934 mbar
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| − | ||1
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| − | ||$11.4 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1959
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
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| − | ||SC GA VA PA
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| − | ||140 mph
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| − | ||950 mbar
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| − | ||22
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| − | ||$14 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1960
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
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| − | ||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH
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| − | ||160 mph
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| − | ||932 mbar
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| − | ||164-364
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| − | ||$900 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1961
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
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| − | ||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA
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| − | ||175 mph
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| − | ||931 mbar
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| − | ||43
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| − | ||$325.74 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
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| − | ||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
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| − | ||145 mph
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| − | ||927 mbar
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| − | ||7
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| − | ||$6 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1964
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||130 mph
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| − | ||942 mbar
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| − | ||5
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| − | ||$250 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
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| − | ||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
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| − | ||150 mph
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| − | ||941 mbar
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| − | ||38
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| − | ||$126 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1965
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
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| − | ||FL LA MS AR TE MO
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| − | ||155 mph
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| − | ||941 mbar
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| − | ||81
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| − | ||$1.42 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1966
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
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| − | ||FL (up to FL/GA border)
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| − | ||125 mph
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| − | ||970 mbar
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| − | ||91
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| − | ||$210.1 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1967
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
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| − | ||TX
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| − | ||160 mph
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| − | ||≤ 923 mbar
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| − | ||688
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| − | ||$1 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1969
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
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| − | ||MS LA WV VA
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| − | ||175 mph
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| − | ||900 mbar
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| − | ||259
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| − | ||$1.42 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1970
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
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| − | ||FL TX
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| − | ||125 mph
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| − | ||945 mbar
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| − | ||28
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| − | ||$930 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1972
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
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| − | ||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
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| − | ||85 mph
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| − | ||977 mbar
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| − | ||128
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| − | ||$2.1 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1974
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
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| − | ||LA TX
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| − | ||150 mph
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| − | ||928 mbar
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| − | ||8
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| − | ||$162 million
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| − | |-
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| − | ||1975
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||125 mph
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| − | ||955 mbar
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| − | ||80
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| − | ||$560 million
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1979
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
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| − | ||FL
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| − | ||175 mph
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| − | ||924 mbar
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| − | ||<2,068
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| − | ||$1.54 billion
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| − | |-
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
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| − | ||FL AS MS
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| − | ||135 mph
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| − | ||943 mbar
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| − | ||14
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| − | ||$2.3 billion
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| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1980
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
| |
| − | ||TX
| |
| − | ||190 mph
| |
| − | ||899 mbar
| |
| − | ||269
| |
| − | ||$1.24 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1984
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
| |
| − | ||FL SC NC
| |
| − | ||130 mph
| |
| − | ||949 mbar
| |
| − | ||3
| |
| − | ||$65.5 million
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="3"|1985
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
| |
| − | ||FL AL MS LA AR KY
| |
| − | ||125 mph
| |
| − | ||953 mbar
| |
| − | ||9
| |
| − | ||$1.3 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
| |
| − | ||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
| |
| − | ||145 mph
| |
| − | ||919 mbar
| |
| − | ||14
| |
| − | ||$900 million
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
| |
| − | ||Fl GA
| |
| − | ||120 mph
| |
| − | ||954 mbar
| |
| − | ||15
| |
| − | ||$700 million
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1989
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| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA WV OH VI
| |
| − | ||160 mph
| |
| − | ||918 mbar
| |
| − | ||±107
| |
| − | ||$10 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1991
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
| |
| − | ||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
| |
| − | ||115 mph
| |
| − | ||950 mbar
| |
| − | ||17
| |
| − | ||$1.5 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1992
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
| |
| − | ||FL LA
| |
| − | ||175 mph
| |
| − | ||922 mbar
| |
| − | ||65
| |
| − | ||$26.5 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1995
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
| |
| − | ||AL FL GA
| |
| − | ||150 mph
| |
| − | ||916 mbar
| |
| − | ||63
| |
| − | ||$5.1 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1996
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA WV MD PA
| |
| − | ||120 mph
| |
| − | ||946 mbar
| |
| − | ||27
| |
| − | ||$3.2 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1998
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
| |
| − | ||NC
| |
| − | ||115 mph
| |
| − | ||954 mbar
| |
| − | ||5
| |
| − | ||$1 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1999
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
| |
| − | ||FL to ME
| |
| − | ||155 mph
| |
| − | ||921 mbar
| |
| − | ||77-87
| |
| − | ||$6.9 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2002
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
| |
| − | ||LA MS AK
| |
| − | ||145 mph
| |
| − | ||938 mbar
| |
| − | ||15
| |
| − | ||$925 million
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2003
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
| |
| − | ||NC to PA
| |
| − | ||165 mph
| |
| − | ||915 mbar
| |
| − | ||51
| |
| − | ||$5.37 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="5"|2004
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
| |
| − | ||FL SC NC
| |
| − | ||150 mph
| |
| − | ||941 mbar
| |
| − | ||35
| |
| − | ||$16.3 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
| |
| − | ||VI PR FL
| |
| − | ||145 mph
| |
| − | ||935 mbar
| |
| − | ||49
| |
| − | ||$9 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA MD DE MA
| |
| − | ||75 mph
| |
| − | ||985 mbar
| |
| − | ||9
| |
| − | ||$130 million
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
| |
| − | ||AL FL LA TX
| |
| − | ||165 mph
| |
| − | ||910 mbar
| |
| − | ||123
| |
| − | ||$18 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
| |
| − | ||VI PR FL
| |
| − | ||120 mph
| |
| − | ||950 mbar
| |
| − | ||<3,035
| |
| − | ||$7 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="3"|2005
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
| |
| − | ||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
| |
| − | ||150 mph
| |
| − | ||930 mbar
| |
| − | ||89
| |
| − | ||$4 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
| |
| − | ||FL LA MS AL
| |
| − | ||175 mph
| |
| − | ||902 mbar
| |
| − | ||<1,833
| |
| − | ||$108 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
| |
| − | ||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
| |
| − | ||180 mph
| |
| − | ||895 mbar
| |
| − | ||97-125
| |
| − | ||$12 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|2008
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
| |
| − | ||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
| |
| − | ||155 mph
| |
| − | ||941 mbar
| |
| − | ||153
| |
| − | ||$6.61 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
| |
| − | ||FL OH LA TX MS
| |
| − | ||145 mph
| |
| − | ||935 mbar
| |
| − | ||195
| |
| − | ||$37.5 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|2011
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
| |
| − | ||NC CT NJ NY
| |
| − | ||120 mph
| |
| − | ||942 mbar
| |
| − | ||56
| |
| − | ||$16.6 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
| |
| − | ||NY PA
| |
| − | ||60 mph
| |
| − | ||986 mbar
| |
| − | ||18
| |
| − | ||$1.6 billion
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2012
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
| |
| − | ||NJ NY PA MD DE
| |
| − | ||115 mph
| |
| − | ||940 mbar
| |
| − | ||286
| |
| − | ||≥ $68 billion
| |
| − | |}
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| | :What's The | | :What's The |
| | :;Worst Hurricane | | :;Worst Hurricane |
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| | :1914-2014 | | :1914-2014 |
| | :[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.] | | :[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.] |
| − | ===Map===
| |
| − | {| class="wikitable sortable"
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| − | |-
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| − | !Date
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| − | !Hurricane name
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| − | !States (Postcode form)
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| − | |-
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| − | |rowspan="2"|1915
| |
| − | ||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
| |
| − | ||LA TX OK AR
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
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| − | ||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1916
| |
| − | ||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
| |
| − | ||TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1918
| |
| − | ||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
| |
| − | ||LA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1921
| |
| − | ||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="4"|1926
| |
| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
| |
| − | ||GA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
| |
| − | ||TX LA AL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
| |
| − | ||FL AL MS LA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1928
| |
| − | ||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
| |
| − | ||FL SC NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1932
| |
| − | ||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
| |
| − | ||TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1933
| |
| − | ||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
| |
| − | ||NC VA MD PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1935
| |
| − | ||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1938
| |
| − | ||{{w|1938_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1938 VI}}
| |
| − | ||NY CT
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1940
| |
| − | ||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1941
| |
| − | ||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
| |
| − | ||LA TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1942
| |
| − | ||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
| |
| − | ||TX NM OK
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1944
| |
| − | ||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
| |
| − | ||NY NC to CT
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1946
| |
| − | ||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
| |
| − | ||FL NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1947
| |
| − | ||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
| |
| − | ||FL GA SN NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1949
| |
| − | ||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
| |
| − | ||FL GA to NH
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1950
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
| |
| − | ||FL GA AK
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="3"|1954
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
| |
| − | ||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
| |
| − | ||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
| |
| − | ||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1955
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
| |
| − | ||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
| |
| − | ||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1957
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
| |
| − | ||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1958
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
| |
| − | ||SC to ME
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1959
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
| |
| − | ||SC GA VA PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1960
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
| |
| − | ||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1961
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
| |
| − | ||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
| |
| − | ||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1964
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
| |
| − | ||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1965
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
| |
| − | ||FL LA MS AR TE MO
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1966
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
| |
| − | ||FL (up to FL/GA border)
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1967
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
| |
| − | ||TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1969
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
| |
| − | ||AS MS LA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1970
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
| |
| − | ||FL TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1972
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
| |
| − | ||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1974
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
| |
| − | ||LA TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1975
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|1979
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
| |
| − | ||FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
| |
| − | ||FL AS MS
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1980
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
| |
| − | ||TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1984
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
| |
| − | ||FL SC NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="3"|1985
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
| |
| − | ||FL AL MS LA AR KY
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
| |
| − | ||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
| |
| − | ||Fl GA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1989
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA WV OH VI
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1991
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
| |
| − | ||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1992
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
| |
| − | ||FL LA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1995
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
| |
| − | ||AL FL GA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1996
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA WV MD PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1998
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
| |
| − | ||NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||1999
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
| |
| − | ||FL to ME
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2002
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
| |
| − | ||LA MS AK
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2003
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
| |
| − | ||NC to PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="5"|2004
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
| |
| − | ||FL SC NC
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
| |
| − | ||VI PR FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
| |
| − | ||SC NC VA MD DE MA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
| |
| − | ||AL FL LA TX
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
| |
| − | ||VI PR FL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="3"|2005
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
| |
| − | ||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
| |
| − | ||FL LA MS AL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
| |
| − | ||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|2008
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
| |
| − | ||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
| |
| − | ||FL OH LA TX MS
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |rowspan="2"|2011
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
| |
| − | ||NC CT NJ NY
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
| |
| − | ||NY PA
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||2012
| |
| − | ||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
| |
| − | ||NJ NY PA MD DE
| |
| − | |}
| |
| | | | |
| − | ==Trivia==
| + | {{comic discussion}} |
| − | *Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, such as Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall.
| |
| − | *Randall wrote "Esther 1951" instead of "Esther 1961" in the map.
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| | | | |
| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| | [[Category:Hurricanes]] | | [[Category:Hurricanes]] |
| − | [[Category:US maps]]
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