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October 6, 2005 - The remnants of Hurricane Stan move over Honduras, causing heavy rainfall. More than 2,475 homes were destroyed and seven people were killed. [7] October 30, 2005 - The outer bands and remnants of Hurricane Beta drop torrential rainfall over Honduras, peaking at 21.82 inches (554 millimeters). An estimated 60,483 people in ...
When Mitch still failed to turn to the north, the government of Honduras issued a hurricane warning for the remainder of their coastline. [4] The hurricane weakened while turning to the south, and made landfall in Honduras 134 km (83 mi) east of La Ceiba, with estimated winds of 130 km/h (80 mph). Mitch continued to weaken while moving slowly ...
Damage in Tegucigalpa from Hurricane Mitch. Honduras lies within the hurricane belt, and the Caribbean coast is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes or tropical storms that travel inland from the Caribbean. [1] Hurricane Francelia in 1969 and Tropical Storm Aletta in 1982 affected thousands of people and caused extensive damage to crops. [1]
In its latest update on Friday afternoon, the hurricane center said the storm was located about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southeast of Belize City and was moving west at 2 mph (4 kph), with ...
The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in Canada was Hurricane Ginny, which made landfall in October 1963 as a high-end category 2 hurricane with winds of 175 km/h (109 mph). [271] Hurricane Luis produced a 30 m (98 ft) wave in Canadian waters, which is the largest wave recorded from a tropical cyclone on record.
Of the 197 hurricanes classified as Category 5 from 1980 to 2021, five fit the description of a hypothetical Category 6 hurricane: Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Hurricane Patricia in 2015, Typhoon ...
Roatan Bay Islands from hotel lobby display Roatan from cruise ship. Roatán is a coral island. Situated atop an exposed ancient coral reef, it rises to about 270 m (890 ft) above sea level. The easternmost quarter of the island is separated by a 15-meter-wide channel through the mangrove forest.
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.