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In 1928, a powerful hurricane struck the southeastern portion of the island as a Category 5 hurricane; it was the only hurricane of such intensity to strike the island. [371] In September 2017, Hurricane Maria moved across the island, causing about US$90 billion in damage, as well as an island-wide power outage, making it the island's costliest ...
Shipwrecks are common with the passage of strong tropical cyclones. Such shipwrecks can change the course of history, [7] as well as influence art and literature. A hurricane led to a victory of the Spanish over the French for control of Fort Caroline, and ultimately the Atlantic coast of North America, in 1565. [8]
On 11 March 2020 it moved further northeast towards Egypt and merged with the hot air currents in Africa. [1] [2] By 12 March 2020, the cyclonic system intensified over northern Egypt and resulted in flooding. [3] By 13 March 2020 the storm had moved eastward and brought considerable rainfall to parts of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi ...
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The peak of hurricane season is Sept. 10 but through this week the last named storm that formed was Ernesto on Aug. 11. Meteorologists look for clues as to why hurricane season stalled. Is the ...
"Natural Disasters News".Ubyrisk. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01 Worldwide news site focused on natural disasters, mitigation and climate changes news "Global Risk Identification Program (GRIP)".
The FCDO advises against all travel to destinations anywhere within 20km of the Egypt-Libya border (except for the town of El Salloum, where it advises against all but essential travel) and the ...
The Horn of Africa has experienced the effects of 14 North Indian Ocean tropical cyclones since 1984, resulting in at least 108 fatalities. All but two of the storms struck Somalia from the east. The other two – a storm in May 1984 and Cyclone Sagar in May 2018 – traversed the Gulf of Aden and struck northern Somalia.