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Hurricane Allen (1980) is the second of only two hurricanes in the recorded history of the Atlantic basin to achieve sustained winds of 190 mph (310 km/h), after Hurricane Camille in 1969. Hurricane Wilma (2005) was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlanic basin. The pressure measured in Wilma, 882 mb, is currently the lowest recorded pressure for a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin, as well as the lowest pressure for any cyclone measured in the Western Hemisphere. It also reached its 882 mbar pressure in a span of 24 hours, making it the fastest pressure drop of any storm in the Atlantic Basin. At its peak intensity, the eye of Wilma was about 3 miles (5 km) in diameter, the smallest known eye of an Atlantic hurricane. Late on October 21 Wilma made landfall on Cozumel and later on the Mexican mainland with winds of about 150 mph (240 km/h).

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The worlds most power full hurricane ,was hurricane Mitch which hit land in 1998 hurricane Mitch had wind speeds up to 180 miles. The hurricane formed in the Atlantic Ocean and was deadly the hurricane hit

Central America then Florida about 11,ooo lives were lost in that hurricane it was one of the deadliest

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The most popular hurricane must be the "1970 Bhola cyclone," because it was the most destructive ever.

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