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The cold front that merged with Hurricane Sandy at the end of October 2012 fueled Sandy's transition into a powerful extratropical cyclone, which brought strong winds and high waves across the Great Lakes. Lake Michigan recorded wave heights of 20 to 22 feet and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph.
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute predicted that by the year 2100, global warming would increase greatly the threat of hurricane-force winds to western Europe from former tropical cyclones and hybrid storms, the latter similar to Hurricane Sandy in 2012, in a paper published in April 2013. [6]
Similar to the 1996 Lake Huron cyclone, the 1941 hurricane tracked over the Great Lakes in September, when the lakes are at their warmest. [2] Hurricane Hazel entered the Great Lakes region as an extratropical storm just west of Toronto. The storm had lost most of its intensity after tracking over 600 miles (970 km) inland.
The 1940 Atlantic hurricane season was a generally average period of tropical cyclogenesis in 1940. [nb 1] Though the season had no official bounds, most tropical cyclone activity occurred during August and September. Throughout the year, fourteen tropical cyclones formed, of which nine reached tropical storm intensity; six were hurricanes ...
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in Europe. This list is incomplete; ... 1910 Great Flood of Paris: France: 0: heavy rain and meltwater 1910:
Track Map of Hurricane Audrey, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1957. Hurricane Audrey. Year: 1957. Death Toll: 416. ... It continued its rampage all the way to the Great Lakes region.
Great European Famine: Europe 1315 –1317 8. ... 1960: 9. 250: Great Lakes Storm of 1913: United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913:
Pages in category "Hurricanes in Europe" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... List of Azores hurricanes; B. Hurricane Bertha (2014 ...