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Hurricane Facts And Trivia hurricane damage hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself.
The worst

In the southern hemisphere, hurricanes rotate in a clockwise
By Katie Roundtree, is often caused by a direction, and in the northern hemisphere they rotate in an anti-
Finance Director, storm surge. A storm clockwise direction. This is due to what’s called the Coriolis
Northern Palm Beach surge is like a giant Force, produced by the Earth’s rotation.
County Improvement wall of water pushed Hurricane season is from June to November when the seas are
District onshore by hurricane at their warmest and most humid, which are ripe conditions for a
It’s that time of year winds. Most people hurricane to develop. While hurricane season can be a stressful
when our thoughts turn to who die in hurricanes are killed by the towering walls of sea water and uncertain time, being prepared is the best thing you can do
the tropics and we keep our that comes inland. The 1900 Galveston hurricane, a Category to ease that stress. Being prepared allows you to be in control,
fingers crossed for a quiet 4 hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, drove a devastating not the storm; be safe, be aware and be prepared!
hurricane season. Below are surge ashore; between 6,000 and 12,000 people died, making it NPDES tip: Hurricane Season begins June 1. Make sure
some interesting facts about the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. your yards and trees are trimmed to avoid flying debris during
these giant storms to kick off The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on a storm. Dispose of your trimmings and clippings properly. Do
the hurricane season. for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This not put them into storm drains or lakes!
Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones are all the
same phenomenon. In the Pacific Ocean, hurricanes are dowNtowN AbAcoA hAPPeNiNgs
generally known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are
called tropical cyclones. In the Atlantic Ocean they are called
hurricanes. The word hurricane comes from the Taino Native
American word, hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind.
The earliest hurricane report comes from Christopher
Columbus in 1495, who encountered a tropical storm on one of
his voyages to the New World. He later declared that “nothing
but the service of God and the extension of the monarchy”’
would induce him to expose himself to such danger.
The first hurricane to hit the American Colonies happened
on August 25, 1635.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in
1943 in the middle of World War II.
In 1944, the United States Navy’s Pacific fleet was
crushed by Typhoon Cobra, which sank three destroyers and
damaged many ships.
Bangladesh was created after a hurricane. In 1970, this
region of Pakistan was struck by a cyclone and 500,000
people died. The people felt their government did not do
enough to help after the disaster so in 1971, they voted to
become independent of Pakistan and Bangladesh was born.
In 1971, Hurricane Ginger lasted for over three weeks.
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo completely destroyed several
forests in South Carolina.
In 1999, Hurricane Floyd was barely a Category 1
hurricane, but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees
and caused over a billion dollars in damage.
Only five Category 5 hurricanes (the highest category on the
hurricane strength scale) have hit the continental United States
since the beginning of the 20th century: the 1935 Florida Keys
Labor Day Hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane
Andrew in 1992, Hurricane Michael in 2018 and most recently
Hurricane Ian in 2022 attained Category 5 strength just hours
before it made landfall on the west coast of Florida.
Hurricane Katrina is the costliest hurricane to have ever hit
the United States, causing some $192 billion dollars’ worth of
damage in New Orleans and across much of the Gulf Coast. It > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC
was a Category 5 storm at one point, but a Category 3 when it
made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border.
The most intense tropical cyclone ever measured when
considering a storm’s central pressure (this pressure drops as
cyclones become stronger) was Typhoon Tip, which on Oct. 12,
1979, had a central pressure of 870 millibars.
The most intense tropical cyclone in terms of the highest wind
speeds measured was Tropical Cyclone Olivia, which struck
Australia in 1996. It had wind speeds of 253 mph (407 kph) the
fastest wind ever measured on the Earth’s surface.
Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10
atomic bombs.
Originally, hurricanes were given the names of saints who
were honored on the day the storm occurred, according to > edwardjones.com | Member SIPC
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For
example, the hurricane that hit Okeechobee, Fla., in 1928,
was alternately called the Okeechobee hurricane and the San Can I withdraw funds?
Felipe Segundo hurricane because it hit on the feast day of
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