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In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people. There have been 15 tropical cyclones in the 21st century so far with a death toll of at least 1,000, of which the deadliest was Cyclone Nargis , with at least 138,374 deaths when it struck Myanmar .
Nearly 40 years before Nicole, Hurricane Kate hit the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm on Nov. 21, 1985, the latest November hurricane landfall on record for the country.
At the time, 38,000 people lived in Galveston, Texas. By the end of this Category 4 hurricane with 145 mph winds, 10,000 of them had lost their homes in the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
[4] [13] The timely warnings ultimately lowered the death toll; [13] whereas the Perfect Storm caused 13 deaths, the blizzard of 1978 killed 99 people, and the 1938 New England hurricane killed 564 people. [6] From Massachusetts to Maine, thousands of people evacuated their homes and sought shelter. [15]
Though the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season occurs on November 30, the dates of October 31 and November 15 have also historically marked the official end date for the hurricane season. [8] December, the only month of the year after the hurricane season, has featured the cyclogenesis of fourteen tropical cyclones. [11]
Updated October 27, 2016 at 12:44 PM Four years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast with a record-setting 14-foot surge. Winds gusted up to 80 mph, and tides were especially high due to the ...
Hurricane Hunters reported a minimum barometric pressure of 905 mbar (26.7 inHg), which at the time was the lowest in the month of October and tied for the fourth lowest for any Atlantic hurricane. Initially, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and various tropical cyclone forecast models anticipated a turn to the north, threatening the ...
October is here, and there are still two more months of hurricane season ahead. While the tropics seem calm, it's essential not to lower your guard. October is here, and there are still two more ...