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(Encyclopedia) CE5 View into the eye of a hurricane showing the structure of the surrounding cloud wall hurricane, tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr…

The Hurricane

Director:Norman JewisonWriters:Armyan Bernstein and Dan GordonUniversal Pictures; R; 120 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Vicellous Shannon A standout performance from…

Saffir-Simpson scale

(Encyclopedia) Saffir-Simpson scaleSaffir-Simpson scalesăfˈər– [key], standard scale for rating the severity of hurricanes as a measure of the damage they cause; it is based on observations of…

U.S. Hurricanes

Find data about the most intense and deadliest hurricanes to strike the U.S. Figures include U.S. deaths only, except where noted. Damages are actual cost in U.S. dollars, followed in parentheses by…

Other Hurricanes

  1780 Oct. 10–16, Barbados, West Indies: “The Great Hurricane of 1780” killed 20,000–22,000 people and completely flattened the islands of Barbados, Martinique, and St. Eustatius; it is the…

Hurricane Katrina

A disaster and its catastrophic aftermath by Borgna Brunner The eye of the storm bears down on the Gulf Coast Hurricane Links Hurricane Katrina TimelineHurricane Season 2008Maps: Louisiana…

Hurricane Season

The deadliest, strongest, and costliest Atlantic storms Quizzes and Crosswords Extreme Weather Disasters Quiz Great Disasters Quiz Weather Disasters Crossword Hurricane…

Hurricane Streets

Director/Writer:Morgan J. FreemanDirector of Photography:Enrique ChediakEditor:Sabine HoffmanMusic:Theodore ShapiroProduction Designer:Petra BarchiProducers:Morgan J. Freeman, Gill Holland…

Brewer's: Hurricane

(3 syl.). A large private party or rout; so called from its hurry, bustle and noise. (See Drum.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HurryHurrah' A B C D E…