Katrina destroyed the city, and Sandy killed 182 people. These and other similar monstrous destroyers from time to time are rampant in the world to this day.
Barbara, Charlie, Francis, Sandy, Katrina are not people, but suicidal winds. The word "hurricane" came from the name of the Indian god of Hurakan's fear. Such a natural disaster begins over the ocean, swinging from a storm to a hurricane, when the wind speed exceeds 117 km / h.
1. Hurricane "Barbara"
The element hit the Pacific coast of Mexico in 2004. Hurricane "Barbara" left after itself several human victims, flooded roads, uprooted and fallen trees, more than two hundred damaged houses and destroyed electricity.
2. Hurricane Charlie
3. Hurricane Francis
2004 was a nelask, sending less than a month after the "Charlie" third hurricane to Florida with a wind speed of about 230 km / h. He brought additional destruction from the natural disasters of the area.
4. Hurricane Ivan
"Ivan" - the fourth hurricane in strength and power in the ill-fated 2004 with the fifth level of danger. He touched Cuba, Jamaica, the coast of Alabama in the US and Grenada. During the violence in the territory of the United States, it caused 117 tornadoes and caused damage only in this country by $ 18 billion.
5. Hurricane Katrina
This hurricane to the present day is considered the most destructive in the history of the natural disasters of the USA and the most powerful in the Atlantic basin. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina almost completely destroyed New Orleans and Louisiana, where more than 80% of their territory was taken under water, more than 1,800 people died, and it caused damage worth $ 125 billion. The name "Katrina" will forever be deleted from the list of meteorologists, since if the element brought considerable destruction, its name is no longer assigned to other hurricanes.
6. Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita came with wind and floods to the American continent in Florida just one month after the devastating Katrina. Meteorologists feared that it would be as strong as the previous one, since its wind speed reached 290 km / h, but approaching the coast, it lost some power and lost the status of a hurricane during the day.
7. Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane "Wilma" in 2005 was 13th in the account, and the fourth with the maximum fifth level of danger. This hurricane came out on land more than once and brought maximum destruction to the Yucaton Peninsula, to the state of Florida and Cuba. According to official data, 62 people died from the action of the elements and caused more than 29 billion dollars in damages.
8. Hurricane Beatrice
And again the coast of Mexico was shaken from the hurricane with the new name "Beatrice". Then the famous resort of Acapulco also experienced the destructive power of this uncontrollable element. The barren wind reached a speed of 150 km / h, the streets and beaches were flooded.
9. Hurricane "Ike"
In 2008, Hurricane Ike was the fifth in a season, but the most destructive, on a five-point scale, he was given the 4th level of danger. The storm in diameter exceeded 900 km, the wind speed - 135 km / hour. By the middle of the day, it began to lose its power to a wind speed of 57 km / h and its level of danger was reduced to a mark of 3, but despite this, the amount of damage after it amounted to $ 30 billion.
10. Hurricane "Sandy"
In 2012, a powerful hurricane "Sandy" raged throughout the northeast of the United States and eastern Canada, as well as in Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and Cuba. The wind speed was 175 km / h, 182 people were killed, and the damage exceeded the $ 50 billion mark.