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Monday, June 12, 2006

Top 10 Hurricans - Most Intense

First Storm Coming!! The hurricane season is finally here the first tropical storm Alberto is heading to the coast of Florida on early Tuesday. Last time we introduced the top 10 dealist hurricanes in US - the ones with the most casualties. This time let's take a look at a different category - the most intense hurricanes. Here they are:

  1. Great Labor Day Hurricane: the most intense storm to hit US was a Category 5 and striked Florida Keys on Labor Day of 1935 with 26.35 inches of pressure at landfall.
  2. Hurricane Camille: the 1969 hurricane hit Mississippi and Louisiana with 26.84 inches of pressure at landfall.
  3. Hurricane Katrina: the 2005 hurricane which devastated New Orlean was a Category 5 before shrinking to Category 3 at landfull with 27.17 inches of pressure.
  4. Hurricane Andrew: the 1992 hurricane which hit Florida began as a Category 4 but later strengthened to a Category 5 storm and was measured 27.23 inches of pressuare at landfall.
  5. The 1919 hurricane which hit Florida Keys and Southern Texas was a Category 4 with 27.37 inches of pressure at landfall.
  6. The 1928 hurricane which struck Lake Okeechobee, Florida was a Category 4 with 27.43 inches of pressure at landfall.
  7. Hurricane Donna: the 1960 Category 4storm swept all the way from Florida, South Carolina to New York and was measured 27.46 inches of pressure at first landfall and later registered 28.55 inches of pressure at New Haven, Connecticut.
  8. The 1915 hurricane which hit New Orleans, Louisiana was a Category 4 with 27.49 inches of pressure
  9. Hurricane Carla: the 1961 storm which hit Texas actually was tying with the 1915 storm with 27.49 inches of pressure at Category 4.
  10. Hurricane Hugo: the 1989 hurricane which struck South Carolina was a Category 4 with 27.58 inches of pressure at landfall.

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