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In 2015, the global wind machine fired up record numbers of powerful hurricanes in the central Pacific, with several making close passes to the Island of Hawaii.

The foundation and the team from the Sandals Resorts - owned and - operated Beaches Turks & Caicos partnered with the Salvation Army and the Red Cross to deliver desperately needed food to victims of one of the most powerful hurricanes in history.

Not exact matches

Hurricane Maria was the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years, swallowing houses, flooding neighborhoods and leaving millions without power.

At one point, the hurricane was so strong in the Caribbean that it was identified as a Category 5, breaking the record for the most powerful storm ever detected in the open Atlantic.

As Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning, the powerful Category 4 storm is expected to leave «catastrophic damage» with winds up to 155 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, leaving behind at least 21 deaths and a swath of destruction.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis report on refinery shutdowns in the Texas Gulf Coast as people take precautions against the powerful hurricane.

CNBC's Morgan Brennan, reports insurers are using advanced technology to monitor and assess damage left in the wake of hurricanes and powerful tropical storms.

Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the U.S. mainland in as many weeks after devastating Hurricane Harvey, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en route to a possible Florida landfall at the weekend.

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.

Hurricane Maria was the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years — swallowing houses, flooding neighborhoods and leaving millions without power.

Many of the islands that are currently in Maria's path were directly affected by Hurricane Irma earlier this month, so another hit from such a powerful storm is almost unthinkable at this point.

Haiti did not take a direct hit from Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, but it unleashed rains that washed away fields of rice and plantains in coastal areas.

WASHINGTON, Sep. 14 / CSRwire / - The suffering of millions displaced by powerful megastorms like hurricanes Harvey and Irma underscore the critical significance of finding solutions to the worlds greatest challenges and the need for countries and the private sector to work in collaboration...

That would make it one of the most powerful hurricanes to land in the state.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

The most powerful Hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has devastated much of the coast, and the historic flooding is now causing havoc in the energy markets.

And all this moisture - laden air helped drive the powerful hurricanes that made landfall in the United States.

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Harvey, which came ashore on August 25 as the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, has killed an estimated 50 people, displaced more than 1 million and damaged some 200,000 homes in a path of destruction stretching for more than 300 miles.

Hundreds of thousands of customers remain without electricity after powerful hurricanes hit the island in September.

It's prompted several journalists to ask if the very powerful, deadly hurricanes this year represent a «new normal» in the age of global warming.

if I were fervent in my faith would the hurricane have been less powerful?

In that case, how come that huge amount of military personal and powerful equipment isn't used for the sake of public benefit like disaster control (helping clean up after the hurricane etc.) or maintaining public order, considering that almost all military personel have VASTLY better training compared to the average policeman.

Maria hit Puerto Rico about two weeks after Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, killed more than 80 people in the Caribbean and the United States.

That was the finding by the powerful Moreland Commission following its investigation into the response by utility companies in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $ 7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down onHurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down onhurricane bore down on Florida.

In 1780, a powerful hurricane swept across the islands of the Caribbean, killing an estimated 22,000 people; 5,000 more died of starvation and disease in the aftermatIn 1780, a powerful hurricane swept across the islands of the Caribbean, killing an estimated 22,000 people; 5,000 more died of starvation and disease in the aftermatin the aftermath.

Hurricane season begins in May and lasts through November, producing dozens of powerful hurricanes.

Hurricane Sandy had an asymmetrical wind field, which means its most powerful winds were located in its left - rear quadrant, making it anything but normal.

Arkema said the company had no way to prevent fires because the plant is swamped by about 6 feet (1.83 m) of water due to flooding from Harvey, which came ashore in Texas last week as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, knocking out power to its cooling system.

But scientists are starting to see evidence that warm weather in the Arctic led to conditions that made the hurricane so incredibly powerful.

Powerful hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria are also providing a testing ground for new tools that scientists hope will save lives by improving forecasts in various ways, from narrowing a storm's future path to capturing swift changes in the intensity of storm winds.

As another active hurricane season in the Atlantic winds down, some atmospheric scientists say they have the tools to stop or slow the powerful storms.

El Niño conditions can also curb the formation of powerful storms, and with no El Niño in the picture in 2017 — and with warmer - than - average ocean waters — last year's Atlantic hurricane season was unusually active.

The slow - moving storm, a rare and powerful hybrid of hurricane and nor'easter fueled by an influx of Arctic air, is expected to make landfall in New Jersey later today.

But these powerful storms are better known as hurricanes in the U.S. and typhoons in Asia.

«Many possible tracks bring the worst of a large, powerful hurricane over or near the Keys and up the peninsula over the weekend,» he wrote in a Facebook message.

Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007.

Hurricane Irene, a powerful storm that ran north along the US East Coast four days after a magnitude - 5.8 earthquake rattled Virginia in 2011, may have triggered some of that earthquake's aftershocks, scientists reported today at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah.

When Hurricane Irma plowed into Florida's southwestern coast as a powerful Category 4 storm last month, it tore up seagrass beds, stripped mangrove forests of their leaves, and overall, left what looked like a trail of ecological apocalypse in its wake.

Low air pressure in the core — a measure of storm strength — bottomed out at 879 millibars, making Patricia, officially, the most powerful hurricane ever measured in the western hemisphere.

In 1780, the town was completely destroyed by a powerful hurricane, now known to history as Savanna - la - Mar hurricane.

On October 30, 1991, a dying hurricane off the east coast of the U.S. collided with two other weather systems, resulting in «The Perfect Storm» — the most powerful storm in recorded history.

Use these activities and Internet connections to engage students of all ages in a study of these powerful and frightening storms, which are called hurricanes, typhoons or cyclones depending on where they happen in the world.

It's a question worth asking given the images of devastating hurricanes, wildfires and a powerful earthquake that have dominated the news in recent weeks.

Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niño ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane in two hundred years, the hottest European summer on record, and one of the worst storm seasons ever experienced in Florida.

If homeowners affected by Hurricane Irene or its less powerful incarnation, Tropical Storm Irene, experienced wind and flood damage, they could be in for a rude awakening when they file insurance... more