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Home / Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology / Weather Phenomena / Hurricanes / Past Hurricanes
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- A History of Hurricanes in North Carolina - Descriptions of every known hurricane affecting North Carolina since 1586.
www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/sco/climate/hurricanes.html
- Costliest Hurricanes in the United States, 1900-1996 - Compilation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastcost.html
- Deadliest Atlantic Hurricanes to Hit the United States, 1492-present - Serious summaries prepared by the Tropical Prediction Center in association with NOAA and Florida International University. Updated annually.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadly.html
- Floyd Devastates the Bahamas (1999) - Lots of photos showing the devastation Hurricane Floyd wrought on North Abaco, Central Abaco, Cooperstown, Green Turtle, Sandy Point, Elbow Cay, and Mores Island.
www.b-v-i.com/NewsLinks/HurricaneFloyd/default.htm
- Frank's Florida Hurricane Page - Shows historic hurricane data plotted against a Florida map, contrasts the number of storms to hit within 60 nautical mile scans.
gnv.fdt.net/~scalamon
- Hong Kong's Historic Calamitous Typhoons - Facts provided by the Hong Kong Observatory, an official department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/histtyp.htm
- Hurricane Andrew (1992): Effects on Wetlands - Restoration, creation, and recovery of wetlands in Southern Florida and Louisiana.
water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/andrew.html
- Hurricane Camille Photos - Photos by Mr. Chauncey Hinman of Gulfport, Mississippi. With winds in excess of 200 mph and tides over 20 feet, Hurricane Camille smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Sunday night, the 17th of August and continued until the early hours of Monday, the 18th.
www.maritimemuseum.org/camille/page2.htm
- Hurricane Information from the Outer Banks - Photos and descriptions of recent hurricanes affecting North Carolina's barrier islands.
www.outer-banks.nc.us/weather/hurrican.htm
- Hurricane Lenny (1999) - Images and description of Hurricane Lenny as it struck the island of Dominica.
www.avirtualdominica.com/hurricanelenny.htm
- Hurricane Mitch (1998) - USA Today's index of data, links, and stories about Hurricane Mitch.
www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/1998/wmitch.htm
- Hurricanes and Typhoons, 1995-1997 - U.S. Defense Department satellite images taken at times to show maximum features.
www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/hurricanes/hurricanes.html
- Hurricanes and Weather Sites Master Historical List -
members.aol.com/andido/historylist.html
- Louisiana Hurricane History - Describes all known damaging tropical storms and hurricanes to impact the Pelican State from the eighteenth century to the present.
www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/lahur.htm
- New England Tropical Cyclone Chronology 1938-1996 - Summary of tropical storms affecting the Northeastern United States over the past 60 years, compiled by Weather Research Associates in Portland, Maine.
home.maine.rr.com/mailhot/netrop.html
- NOAA - Hurricanes - Provides images and reports pertaining to past hurricanes.
lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/hurricanes.html
- Tequilla Ted Takes Off On A Wild Hurricane Hunt - Join a Bourbon Street Teddy Bear on a hurricane hunt. Humorous photos and links to educational websites.
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/5507/hurricaneteddy.html
- Texas Hurricanes - Historical information on all known Texas hurricanes from the sixteenth century to the present. It also contains links to other hurricane history-related sites.
www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/txhur.htm
- The 1900 Storm - Remembering the Galveston Hurricane, September 8-9, 1900 in which more than 6,000 died.
www.1900storm.com
- The Disaster Center Index to the Year 2000 Hurricanes - Uniquely formatted warnings, reports and data for year 2000 hurricanes as they happen.
www.disastercenter.com/hurricane
- Thirty Years After Hurricane Camille - Prof. Roger A. Pielke, Jr. examines what we learned and what we have forgotten about hurricanes since 1969, when the worst storm ever to hit the continental United States made landfall along the Gulf Coast.
www.esig.ucar.edu/camille/index.html
- Unisys Hurricane and Tropical Data - Archives of classic hurricanes in the Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Western Pacific regions.
www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane
- USGS Hurricane Mitch Data Clearinghouse - USGS and other agencies' evaluation of Hurricane Mitch and response to the devastation.
mitchnts1.cr.usgs.gov
- Virginia Hurricane History, 1501-present - Convenient and thorough review of Virginia storm history by year, prepared by meteorologists David Roth of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center and Hugh Cobb of the Camp Springs National Weather Service Forecast Office.
www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/vahur.htm
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