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After the 1960s, each decade saw an increase in tropical cyclones causing at least a billion in damage over the last, due to increasing urban development and population. In the 1970s, four hurricanes caused at least a billion in damage; the costliest of which was Agnes, which caused $2.1 billion in damage. The following decade featured seven ...
Hurricane Dorian in August 2019 was the strongest, deadliest, and most damaging hurricane to hit The Bahamas in recorded history, making landfall on Great Abaco island with winds of 185 mph (298 km/h) and a central pressure of 910 millibars (26.87 inHg). Dorian killed 74 people, and caused US$2.5 billion in damages.
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.
In the Northern Hemisphere, February is the least active month, with no Eastern or Central Pacific tropical cyclones [8] and only one Atlantic tropical cyclone having ever formed in the month. [9] Even in the Western Pacific, February activity is low: in 2025, the month never saw a typhoon-strength storm, the first being Typhoon Higos in 2015.
About 60% of hurricanes form as a result of Africa’s tropical monsoon season, which draws moisture into an area called the Sahel. But this year, the monsoon developed in a different location.
Tropical Storm Hermine off the coast of West Africa September 23, 2022. This list of West Africa hurricanes includes all Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclones that have made landfall on, or directly affected, the Atlantic coast of West Africa or its surrounding islands: the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands. Such cyclones seldom occur as ...
Here’s what forecasters are saying.
GENEVA (Reuters) -Hurricane Beryl, which has strengthened to a Category 5 storm, is setting the tone for a "very dangerous" hurricane season, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.