What was the name of the most intense hurricane on record, and in which year did it occur?
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The Galveston Storm of 1900 was the most deadly hurricane to hit the U.S.  Over 8,000 people died when the cat 4 hurricane hit the Galveston coast September 1900.  They had no warning and the whole island was wiped out.  This was not the "strongest" hurricane in history but with over 8,000 dead it was the most tragic.
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try www.hurricanetrack.com
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That would be low pressure. The center, or eye, of a hurricane always has low pressure.
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For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the U.S. National Weather Service, which is the federal agency that tracks hurricanes and issues warnings and watches, began using female names for storms. \n\nIn 1979, both women and men's names were used. One name for each letter of the alphabet is selected, except for Q, U and Z. For Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, the names may be French, Spanish or English, since these are the major languages bordering the Atlantic Ocean where the storm occur. \n\nSo who decides what names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation. The same lists are reused every six years. The only time a new name is added is if a hurricane is very deadly or costly. Then the name is retired and a new name is chosen.
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The strongest recorded earthquake was the chilean earthquake in '64 I think.  It registered 9.6 on the Richter.  The Good Friday quake in alaska registered 9.4, though was still horribly destructive.
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No exaggeration. But the type of storm is often different.\nBritain to my knowledge has only had the one hurricane in recent times and that was around 1987. I remember it well. Our position is too far up north for something like Katrina.\n\nSeems you are trying to stir up some storms yourself with a question like this
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Sounds like your'e just lucky.\n\nCheck nhc.noaa.gov for past hurricanes.
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no. if people think hurricanes are because of global warming, what about the unnamed hurricane that racked new england in 1923?\nor Camille in 1969?\nthe word itself came from an old incan word for the god of war. so apparently they've been around for hundreds of years. they are not avoidable, unless you avoid the state they hit.
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Probably the Drake Passage, south of Cape Horn; they're stormy year-round:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Passage
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Wind and storm surge.
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Wind speed.  Hurricanes are measured in intensity based on wind speed.  There are 5 Categories of hurricanes, 1 being the weakest and 5 being the most powerful.\n\n* Category One -- Winds 74-95 miles per hour\n* Category Two -- Winds 96-110 miles per hour\n* Category Three -- Winds 111-130 miles per hour\n* Category Four -- Winds 131-155 miles per hour\n* Category Five -- Winds greater than 155 miles per hour
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National Hurricane Center\nhttp://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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hmmmmmmmmm, south east asia.\n\nthen again tropical cyclones ? atlantic, pacific.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Louisiana_hurricanes\n\nTry looking them up there.  I hope that helps :)
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Because the US doesn't have monsoons.  Apparently various severe tropical storms get special names depending on the ocean of origin.  Hurricanes originate from the Atlantic.  America (US, Carribean, and Mexico especially) get hurricanes in particular because God is angry with them... Just kidding!  Particular areas get hit because of the flow of the Gulf Stream moving from Africa to the Carribean is apparently capable of building up a great deal of force!  Think warm, moist wind building up steam with no trees or other geographical feature getting in the way, all the while collecting moisture... Then slamming that into the islands and mainland...  Nasty stuff that...
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Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Isabel_%282003%29\n\nThere are some links on this page that will lead to more info.
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To sum it up, a cyclone is cloud/storm system that spins, and a hurricane is a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean. Also, Cyclone is the name for Hurricane type storms that hit Australia. Confusing, I know.