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  2. Tropical cyclones by year - Wikipedia

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    Most of these deaths were caused by a few deadly cyclones, including the 1737 Calcutta cyclone, the 1839 Coringa cyclone, the 1931 Shanghai typhoon, the 1970 Bhola cyclone, Typhoon Nina in 1975, the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and Cyclone Nargis in 2008. In the North Atlantic Ocean, there have been 2,462 tropical cyclones, including at least 1,150 ...

  3. List of tropical cyclone records - Wikipedia

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    30 m (98.4 ft) September 11, 1995. Hurricane Luis on Queen Elizabeth 2 in the north Atlantic Ocean. [4] Costliest tropical cyclone. $125 billion (2005 and 2017 USD) in damages. August 29, 2005. August 25, 2017. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey in the northern Gulf Coast of the United States.

  4. List of Atlantic hurricane records - Wikipedia

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    Preceding Wilma is Hurricane Gilbert, which had also held the record for most intense Atlantic hurricane for 17 years. [62] The 1935 Labor Day hurricane, with a pressure of 892 mbar (hPa; 26.34 inHg), is the third strongest Atlantic hurricane and the strongest documented tropical cyclone prior to 1950. [11]

  5. List of the deadliest tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. 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 ...

  6. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    Tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (/ ˈhʌrɪkən, - keɪn ...

  7. List of United States hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    The costliest hurricanes were Katrina in 2005 and Harvey in 2017, both with uninflated damage totals amounting to US$125 billion. Of the 41 Atlantic hurricanes with damages exceeding $1.01 billion after accounting for inflation (2017 dollars), 20 have occurred after the year 2000, though this list does not include 2018's Michael nor Florence.

  8. List of the most intense tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    Cyclone Monica at peak intensity. The most intense tropical cyclone (s) in the Australian Region were cyclones Gwenda and Inigo. By 10-minute sustained wind speed, the strongest were Cyclone Orson, Cyclone Monica and Cyclone Marcus. Storms with an intensity of 920 hPa (27.17 inHg) or less are listed.

  9. 2020 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical or subtropical cyclones, with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 developed into hurricanes, and a record-tying seven further intensified into major ...