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The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, and the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion ( USD ). [nb 1] The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. [nb 2] Most of the season's damage was due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and ...
Hurricane Matthew was an extremely powerful Atlantic hurricane which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, Matthew was the ...
Hurricane Harvey (2017) – Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas and is the wettest cyclone in U.S. history; tied with Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record Hurricane Laura (2020) – Category 4 hurricane which struck near Cameron, Louisiana at peak intensity just one day prior to Katrina's 15th anniversary.
Hurricane Ike ( / aɪk /) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a similar track to the 1900 Galveston hurricane. The ninth tropical storm, fifth hurricane, and third ...
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane seasonwas an event in the annual tropical cycloneseason in the north Atlantic Ocean. This Atlantic hurricane seasonsaw above-normal activity;[nb 1]it was the seventh most active season on record and the most active since 2005.[2] The season officially began on June 1, 2017 and ended on November 30, 2017.
July 8, 2005 - Hurricane Dennis made two landfalls on Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane, in Granma and Matanzas provinces. Cape Cruz recorded wind gusts of 148 mph (239 km/h), although stronger winds could have occurred there. Dennis killed 16 people in Cuba, and left US$1.4 billion in damage.
The 2017 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active season with eighteen named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. Unlike the three previous hyperactive seasons ( 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 ), the season was significantly less active in terms of ACE and most storms that existed through this basin were either weak or short-lived.
A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on February 3, 2023, at 8:55 p.m. EST ( UTC−5 ). The Norfolk Southern freight train was carrying hazardous materials when 38 cars derailed. [ 1 ] Several railcars burned for more than two days and emergency crews also conducted controlled burns of several railcars, [ 2 ] which ...