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  2. Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia

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    At its peak, Hurricane Wilma's eye contracted to a record minimum diameter of 2.3 mi (3.7 km). In the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, [nb 1] fourth Category 5 hurricane, and the second costliest in Mexican history. Its origins came from a tropical ...

  3. Meteorological history of Hurricane Wilma - Wikipedia

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    Wilma weakened over the Yucatán Peninsula, and reached the southern Gulf of Mexico before accelerating northeastward. Despite increasing amounts of vertical wind shear, the hurricane re-strengthened to hit Cape Romano, Florida, as a major hurricane. Wilma weakened as it quickly crossed the state, and entered the Atlantic Ocean near Jupiter ...

  4. Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Damage in Florida totaled $19 billion, making Wilma the third costliest hurricane in Florida history, behind Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. Wilma is also the ninth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. [16] Wilma was blamed for 30 deaths in Florida, [2] of whom five were killed directly by the hurricane's impacts. [1]

  5. AccuWeather employees reflect on covering the beast that was ...

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    As Hurricane Wilma grew closer to the United States in October 2005, Greg Bowman hurried to the airport and jumped on a flight. But rather than head to a safe destination hundreds or thousands of ...

  6. Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Wilma developed on 15 October 2005 in the Caribbean, as ascertained by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Four days later, it strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, with the lowest recorded barometric pressure of any Atlantic hurricane: reconnaissance aircraft recorded a minimum pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).

  7. Here's how many Category 5 hurricanes have hit mainland U.S.

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    It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...

  8. List of Atlantic hurricane records - Wikipedia

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    Radar image of Hurricane Alice (1954–55), the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to span two calendar years at hurricane strength. Climatologically speaking, approximately 97 percent of tropical cyclones that form in the North Atlantic develop between June 1 and November 30 – dates which delimit the modern-day Atlantic hurricane season.

  9. The 15 Times Disney World Has Been Forced to Close in Its History

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    March 16-July 11, 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic. The longest shutdown in Disney World's history (over 100 days) began in the middle of March 2020 as reported coronavirus cases in the United States began ...