A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale"
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1980 Hurricane Allen hits landfall on HaitiHaiti Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti, occupies one third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola [i] ...
and JamaicaJamaica Jamaica is an island nation [i] of the Greater Antilles [i], 240 kilometres in length and as much as 85 ...
in a Category 5Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere [i] tropical cyclone [i] ...
; it reaches Category 3 on Southern TexasTexas Texas is a state [i] in both the Southern [i] and Western [i] ...
on August 9, causing $2.6 billion of damage.
1987Category 5Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere [i] tropical cyclone [i] ...
Typhoon Nina smashes the PhilippinesPhilippines The Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an island nation [i] located in ...
with 165 mph winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
2004 Hurricane Charley kills 27 people in FloridaFlorida Florida is a U.S. state [i] located in the southeastern [i] United States [i] ...
after killing 4 in CubaCuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba, the Isle of Youth [i] and a ...
and 1 in JamaicaJamaica Jamaica is an island nation [i] of the Greater Antilles [i], 240 kilometres in length and as much as 85 ...
. Charley made landfall near Cayo Costa, FL as a Category 4 hurricaneSaffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere [i] tropical cyclone [i] ...
. Charley was the most intense hurricane to strike the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
2005Hurricane WilmaHurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane [i] ever recorded in the Atlantic basin [i] ...
swells into a Category 5Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere [i] tropical cyclone [i] ...
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