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Featured Wilma, the strongest storm on record in the basin Featured Katrina, tied as costliest storm on record Included 1 subtropical storm and 1 subtropical depression Eastern Pacific: 17 15 7 Kenneth: 6 $12 million Western Pacific: 33 24 13 Haitang: 436 $7.6 billion Matsa, Nabi, Longwang: North Indian: 12 3 0 Pyarr: 273 $21.4 million South ...
Tropical Storm Six in the north Atlantic Ocean [35] Closest proximity to the equator: 1.4° N: December 26, 2001: Tropical Storm Vamei in the South China Sea [36] Heaviest natural object moved by a tropical cyclone: 160,572 kg (177 short tons) November 8, 2013: Typhoon Haiyan in Samar, Philippines [37] Highest number of tropical storms in a season
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of total storms took place in 2020, with 30 documented. The storm count for the 2020 season also includes fourteen hurricanes, of which seven strengthened to major hurricane status. On the converse, the least active season on record in terms of total storms took place in 1914. The ...
Prior to the storm's arrival, waves between 20 and 30 ft (6.1 and 9.1 m) were reported on the island. [15] Additionally, in the Northern Hemisphere, the strongest winds and heaviest rain lie to the north of a tropical cyclone, so the atoll, which lay to the south of the storm's path, was spared the brunt of the storm.
What happened: Allen is considered to be the only hurricane in the history of the Atlantic basin to reach 190 mph of sustained winds. The winds of the storm were so powerful that until Hurricane ...
Heavy rainfall extending from Freddy impacted eastern Zimbabwe for a prolonged period as it meandered over Mozambique and the Mozambique Channel. [151] At the end of February as the storm moved over Mozambique, heavy rains and strong winds impacted the nation. Five homes and two schools had their roofs torn off in Mashonaland Central Province.
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