Sentences with phrase «hurricane record begins»

Not exact matches

Just as southern Texas began to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Florida and the Caribbean soon endured Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.

We had no sooner taken stock of the extraordinary damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey in Texas than another uniquely fierce and record - breaking hurricane began heading straight toward the Caribbean and the soutHurricane Harvey in Texas than another uniquely fierce and record - breaking hurricane began heading straight toward the Caribbean and the southurricane began heading straight toward the Caribbean and the southeast US.

So, below are the records set by the most impressive North Atlantic hurricanes, since meteorologists began to name them more than half a century ago — as well as for storms in the Pacific Ocean, which actually rank number one in many of the categories.

That record could help climatologists understand decade - and century - long variations in hurricane patterns and begin to unravel the impact of global warming on storm cycles.

This is the first year since reliable record keeping began in 1971 that the eastern Pacific saw nine major hurricanes.

The Central Pacific also saw an above - average tropical cyclone season, with 14 named storms, eight hurricanes, and five major hurricanes, the most active season since reliable record - keeping began in 1971.

The hurricane season of 2017 has been one for the record books with three major hurricanes making landfall on U.S. states and territories within a four - week period leaving devastating impacts that the research community is just beginning to understand.

It is estimated that major hurricanes have hit this area of coastline some twenty - one times since 1787 when record keeping began.

There have been MANY seasons since records began about 160 years ago where the official hurricane season doesn't include all storms.

Klotzbach said the area where most tropical storms and hurricanes form had the driest mid-to-lower atmospheric conditions during the Aug. 1 to Sept. 25 period since reliable records began in 1970.

Since weather records began in 1851, no hurricane of Matthew's predicted strength (Category 4, with sustained winds of at least 135 mph that the National Hurricane Center labels as «catastrophic») has ever made landfall in Florida north of West Pahurricane of Matthew's predicted strength (Category 4, with sustained winds of at least 135 mph that the National Hurricane Center labels as «catastrophic») has ever made landfall in Florida north of West PaHurricane Center labels as «catastrophic») has ever made landfall in Florida north of West Palm Beach.

See: Hurricane Facts: «According to NOAA, they have been on decline in US since the beginning of records in 19th century.

• There have been fluctuations in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes from decade to decade, and data uncertainty is larger in the early part of the record compared to the satellite era beginning in 1965.

And with seven named storms so far, this year's hurricane season is on a near - record pace — the fourth - fastest since records began in 1851.

Costa Rica had not been directly hit by a hurricane since records began in 1851.