The first recorded hurricane in history was the "Great Hurricane of 1780" which devastated the Caribbean. It is considered one of the deadliest hurricanes on record, with estimates of more than 22,000 fatalities.
No, there has not been a Hurricane Timothy in recorded history. The closest name would be Hurricane Tim, which occurred in 2000.
You may be able to find a journal record of no wind on a very rare date on the Antarctic continent.
Yes, Hurricane Wilma was a strong Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. It set the record for the lowest central pressure in an Atlantic hurricane, with 882 millibars, and was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
The lowest pressure ever recorded in a storm to be labeled a hurricane was 882 mb (millibars) in Hurricane Wilma in 2005. However, Typhoon Tip (a typhoon is really just a hurricane in the western Pacific) had a recorded pressure of 870 mb.
The first recorded hurricane in history was the "Great Hurricane of 1780" which devastated the Caribbean. It is considered one of the deadliest hurricanes on record, with estimates of more than 22,000 fatalities.
Hurricane Katrina was indeed a recorded storm. It is difficult to imagine how a storm like that would not be recorded.
Hurricanes have always occurred in both hemisphere, likely for millions of years.
It is the biggest in the history of the Atlantic Ocean, or at least is tied for first with Hurricane Olga, but larger hurricanes, or typhoons as they are called there, have been recorded in the western Pacific Ocean.
The deadliest hurricane in recorded US history is the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. It struck Galveston, Texas, causing over 8000 deaths. This hurricane remains the deadliest natural disaster in US history.
I think it's Katrina, and the deadliest hurricane was a hurricane in Galveston,Texas in 1900.
No, there has not been a Hurricane Timothy in recorded history. The closest name would be Hurricane Tim, which occurred in 2000.
Hurricane Bill was the first hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. Hurricane Andres developed first in the East Pacific
The greatest number of tornadoes recorded so far from a single hurricane is 117.
The first retired hurricane name was Hurricane Carol in 1954.
The first recorded hurricane was near Hispaniola in 1495. This was encountered by Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the New World. The first US named hurricane was Hurricane George, in 1947. US meteorologists working in the Pacific Ocean began naming tropical cyclones during World War 2, when they often had to track multiple storms.
Hurricane Sandy has peak sustained wind of 110 mph.