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Cyclone Senyar
Cyclone Senyar was a rare November 2025 tropical cyclone over the Strait of Malacca whose floods and landslides killed over 1,100 people in Sumatra, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Cyclone Seroja
Severe Tropical Cyclone Seroja was a category 3 cyclone of April 2021 that caused deadly floods in Indonesia and Timor-Leste before an unusually far-south landfall near Kalbarri, Western Australia.
Cyclone Sidr
Cyclone Sidr was a tropical cyclone that formed over the Bay of Bengal and struck Bangladesh on 15 November 2007, killing roughly 3,400 to 4,200 people.
Cyclone Tauktae
Cyclone Tauktae was an extremely severe cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in May 2021 that tracked India's entire west coast and made landfall in Gujarat on May 17.
Cyclone Titli
Cyclone Titli was a very severe cyclonic storm that struck the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coast of India on 11 October 2018, killing at least 93 people.
Cyclone Tracy
Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small but intense cyclone that struck Darwin, Australia, on Christmas Day 1974, killing 66 people and prompting Australia's largest peacetime evacuation.
Cyclone Vaianu (2026)
Cyclone Vaianu was a Category 3 South Pacific tropical cyclone that hit New Zealand's North Island on 12 April 2026, forcing hundreds of households to evacuate.
Cyclone Winston
Cyclone Winston was a Category 5 tropical cyclone that struck Fiji in February 2016, killing 44 people as the most intense cyclone on record there.
Cyclone Yaas
Cyclone Yaas was a very severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal that struck the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts of India on 26 May 2021.
Cyclone Yasi
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a Category 5 cyclone that crossed the Queensland coast near Mission Beach on 3 February 2011, the strongest landfall there since at least 1918.
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana Superdome
During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans sheltered over 10,000 evacuees while its roof partially failed and its utilities broke down.
Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas
Hurricane Beryl struck the Texas coast near Matagorda on July 8, 2024 as a Category 1 storm, killing at least 36 people and knocking out power to nearly 2.8 million customers.
Effects of Hurricane Helene in Georgia
Hurricane Helene struck Georgia on September 26 and 27, 2024, causing over 1.5 million power outages, about 34 deaths, and at least $5.5 billion in agricultural losses.
Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina
Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina on September 26–27, 2024, bringing record rainfall, catastrophic flooding, over 2,000 landslides, 107 deaths, and an estimated $59.6 billion in damage, the costliest storm in state history.
Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm on September 20, 2017, causing the longest blackout in U.S. history, an estimated 2,975 deaths, and a mass migration to the mainland.
Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York
The effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York began on October 29, 2012, when a record storm tide flooded subways and homes, killing 43 people and causing $19 billion in damage.
Great Hurricane of 1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Hurricane San Calixto, crossed the eastern Caribbean in October 1780 and remains the deadliest Atlantic hurricane, killing about 22,000 people.
Hurricane Alex (2016)
Hurricane Alex was an unusual January 2016 Atlantic hurricane, the first to form in January since 1938. It reached Category 1 strength and struck the Azores as a tropical storm.
Hurricane Allen
Hurricane Allen was a Cape Verde hurricane of August 1980 that reached Category 5 intensity three times, set the Atlantic wind record of 190 mph, and struck Texas near Brownsville.
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew, also known as Cyclone Andrew, was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992, killing 65 people and causing about $25 billion in damage.
Hurricane Barry (2019)
Hurricane Barry was a minimal Category 1 hurricane, the first of the 2019 Atlantic season, that made landfall on the Louisiana coast on July 13, 2019, causing severe flooding.
Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl was an extremely intense 2024 Atlantic hurricane and the earliest Category 5 on record, causing catastrophic damage in Grenada and a prolonged Houston power outage.
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy, nicknamed "Billion Dollar Betsy," was a 1965 Category 4 hurricane that flooded New Orleans and became the first US hurricane to cause over $1 billion in damage.
Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast with 175 mph winds in August 1969, causing catastrophic flooding in Virginia.
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was a powerful 1974 Atlantic hurricane that peaked twice as a Category 4 and struck Louisiana as a Category 3 on September 8, causing about 150 million dollars of damage.
Hurricane Catarina
Hurricane Catarina, also called Cyclone Catarina, was a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone that struck southern Brazil in March 2004, killing three people and causing about US$350 million in damage.
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was a small but powerful Category 4 hurricane that struck southwestern Florida on August 13, 2004, with 150 mph winds after rapidly intensifying.
Hurricane David
Hurricane David was a powerful 1979 Atlantic hurricane that devastated Dominica and struck the Dominican Republic near Santo Domingo at peak intensity, killing over 1,200 people and leaving 200,000 homeless.
Hurricane Dean
Hurricane Dean was a powerful 2007 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Yucatan Peninsula on 21 August as a category 5, the first category 5 landfall since Andrew in 1992.
Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby was a Category 1 hurricane, the second of the 2024 Atlantic season, that struck Florida's Big Bend in August 2024, causing 12 deaths and about $2.5 billion in damage.