Hurricane Andrew, one of the most
destructive hurricanes recorded, was a Category 5 storm that struck Florida in 1992, killing 25 people and destroying 28,000 homes.
Not exact matches
«Each of these
destructive hurricanes now joins Katrina and Sandy, in the new top 5 costliest U.S.
hurricanes on
record.»
Hurricane Sandy was an unusually large and
destructive storm, breaking
records in rainfall, flooding, barometric pressure and, potentially, costs.
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexicon —
Hurricane Patricia, one of the most powerful storms on
record, struck Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday with
destructive winds that tore down trees, moved cars and forced thousands of people to flee homes and beachfront resorts.
2017 saw
record - breaking heatwaves in Chile, the Mediterranean, Southwest Asia and California, as well as continuing severe drought in East Africa and
destructive floods in the Indian subcontinent, and a very active North Atlantic
hurricane season.
This is one of the most active and
destructive hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean area on
records.
The 2017 Atlantic
hurricane season was a hyperactive, deadly, and extremely
destructive, as well as the costliest season on
record.
Record - high temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico surface waters helped make
Hurricane Katrina the most financially destructive hurricane ever to make landfall
Hurricane Katrina the most financially
destructive hurricane ever to make landfall
hurricane ever to make landfall anywhere.
But the 2004 and 2005 Atlantic
hurricane seasons were off the charts: Seven of the ten most
destructive storms in U.S. history occurred in those years; 2005 saw a
record $ 58 billion in insured losses.
The 2005
hurricane season saw some of the most
destructive hurricanes on
record, which claimed more than 3 000 lives in Central America and the United States.
It was also the most
destructive season on
record, with three of the five costliest
hurricanes wreaking havoc across the Caribbean and southern United States.
These warming signs include
record rainfalls, and severe snowstorms; extraordinarily
destructive hurricanes and tornadoes; heat waves unique in weather annals; widespread droughts and devastating forest fires; unseasonable warmth and cold; and some of the worst floods in
recorded weather history.