Yesterday was the last day of hurricane season in the Atlantic ocean in 2017. He left behind hundreds of dead, wounded, deprived of shelter tens of thousands of people. Hurricane season — 2017 was most active in 2015, when the United States was hurricane Katrina.
The number of destructive large-scale hurricanes has increased this year, three times. There are 6 major hurricanes at a rate of 2 per year. In total, the season, there were 10 hurricanes and 17 name storms.
For the first time 3 in a row a hurricane has reached category 4 hazard. Harvey, Irma and Maria.
September 2017 has been the most active month in the history of hurricanes in the Atlantic.
Hurricane Irma
- The winds reached 185 miles per hour.
- Hurricane has become the second most dangerous in the history in the Atlantic.
- Irma set a record, becoming the most long and powerful manifestation of the cyclone.
- The hurricane completely destroyed the whole island is Barbuda.
- Irma was the first hurricane reached the coast of Florida since hurricane Charlie in 2004.
Hurricane Maria
- From category 1 to category 5 hurricane has grown for a record 15 hours.
- Gusts of wind reached 160 miles per hour.
- Rainfall brought by the hurricane, in Puerto Rico amounted to 35 inches. The river flooded just a few hours.
- Mary became the strongest hurricane that struck Puerto Rico in 1928.
Hurricane Harvey
- Harvey brought record rainfall 51.88 inches.
- Harvey was the first category 4 hurricane reached Texas, since 1961.
- The wind gusts reached 130 mph.
- The hurricane hit the beach three times – once in Texas and twice in Louisiana.
