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August 25 – Hurricane Katrina moved ashore southeastern Florida as a minimal hurricane, producing a peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. Heavy rainfall accompanied the hurricane, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, which caused flooding in the Miami metro area. About 1.4 million people lost power ...
The 2010 Victorian storms were a series of storms that passed through much of the Australian state of Victoria on 6 and 7 March 2010. One of the most severe storms passed directly over Greater Melbourne , bringing lightning , flash flooding , very large hail and strong winds to the state's capital.
More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state, [1] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. Collectively, cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10,000 deaths, most of which occurred prior to the start of hurricane hunter flights in 1943.
On 27 November 2014, Brisbane was hit by a Mesoscale convective system [58] which brought wind gusts up to 141 kilometres per hour (88 mph), reaching speeds of Category 2 tropical cyclones, and hail stones up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) in diameter. It was the worst storm to hit Brisbane since 18 January 1985 [59] and caused over A$ 1 billion in ...
The 2010 hurricane season officially started on June 1, and homeowners, businesses and insurers alike are bracing for what could be enormous losses. The reason for rising concern, apart from it ...
2010 Flood: March 2010 Queensland floods: 0 200,000,000+ AUD 2010 Flood: March 2010 Victoria storms: 0 2000+ houses 500,000,000+ AUD 2010 Flood: 2010 Western Australian storms: 0 $1,080,000,000 AUD It is the costliest natural disaster in Western Australian history 2010 Flood: September 2010 Victoria floods: 0 250 2010 Flood: 2010 Gascoyne River ...
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was the first of three consecutive very active Atlantic hurricane seasons, each with 19 named storms. This above average activity included 12 hurricanes, equaling the number that formed in 1969 .
Staying off the coast of South Carolina in 2019 and only making an impact on Beaufort County without a direct hit, Hurricane Dorian blew damaging wind and rain onto Hilton Head Island and the rest ...