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September 11, 2021: Hurricane Larry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h in Canada today. Hurricane Larry has caused power outage to more than 10,000 customers mostly on the Avalon Peninsula, The Newfoundland Power confirmed. According to the Environment Canada, storm surge has been near the Burin Peninsula and Avalon Peninsula. As of 03:50 UTC today, Hurricane Larry is located about 135 km WSW of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

September 5, 2020: Hurricane Laura, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana, claimed lives of 71 people and caused damage of around $8.9 billion. Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwest Louisiana at 1 a.m. on Aug. 27 as a Category 4 storm. Hurricane Laura killed 31 people in Haiti and four in the Dominican Republic. The storm caused the deaths of at least 36 people in the U.S. 

Q: What was the costliest natural disaster in the United States history? A: Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster in the United States history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA estimates it caused $160 billion worth of damages to the Gulf Coast in August 2005. NOAA estimates costs adjusted for inflation by calculating both insured and uninsured losses, including damage to homes, businesses, vehicles and lost business. Hurricane Katrina claimed lives of more than 1200 people. Fatalities were reported from Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. Related Post:  Did hurricane Katrina make landfall before or after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?

November 10, 2017: At least 129 people are confirmed dead due to Hurricane Maria; 55 in Puerto Rico, 57 in Dominica, 5 in the Dominican Republic, 4 in the contiguous United States, 3 in Haiti, 2 in Guadeloupe, and 3 in the United States Virgin Islands. Hurricane Maria is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica. Maria caused catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico.

Hurricane damage at Alexander Golod's pyramid in Istrinsky District, Moscow (CNN) May 30, 2017: At least 16 people died and 168 others injured in a hurricane that hit Russia’s capital Moscow and the adjacent areas. "Eleven people died in Moscow and five others in the suburbs were killed as high winds and rain ripped through the city on Monday, felling trees, tearing off roofs and damaging more than 2,000 cars," CNN reported quoting the Investigative Committee.

October 14, 2016: Hurricane Nicole damaged roofs and uprooted trees in Bermuda, before moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. According to Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd (BELCO), more than 27,000 households were left without power. Several schools, government offices and bank offices have been closed in Bermuda on October 14 to assess damage and conduct clean up.

Hurricane Matthew made landfall Southeast of McClellanville, South Carolina on October 8, 2016, The National Hurricane Center confirmed. A public advisory issued by the hurricane center at 11:00 am EDT mentioned hurricane Matthew located 90 km SSW of Myrtle beach, South Carolina and 165 km SW of Cape Fear, North Carolina.

 Hurricane Matthew damages homes in Jérémie, Haiti ( Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) At least 339 people died after Hurricane Matthew pounded Haiti including 50 people in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone. "The eye of extremely dangerous hurricane Matthew is moving away from The Bahamas and towards the wast coast of Florida," the national hurricane center mentioned in a public advisory issued at 11:00 pm EDT October 6, 2016.

5-Day forecast path of Hurricane Matthew September 30, 2016: Hurricane Matthew, the fifth hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, triggered flooding and landslides on eastern Caribbean islands claiming life of a person. A tropical storm watch has been issued for Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba along Colombia/Venezuela border to Riohacha.

Hurricane Alex made landfall on the island of Terceira in the central Azores Friday, the National Hurricane Center confirmed. At 15:00 UTC, Hurricane Alex was located 55 km N of Terceira in the Azores with a maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

As of October 23, 2015, Hurricane Patricia has became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded on Earth. Hurricane Patricia, the twenty-fourth named storm of the annual hurricane season, had the strongest ever recorded winds and the first to reach at or over 200 mph (325 km/h) sustained.

5 days forecast path of Hurricane Joaquin (NOAA) US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in South Carolina , as the weather system connected to Hurricane Joaquin in the Caribbean is expected to make the situation worse. Hurricane Joaquin is regaining strength and has been reclassified as a category 4 storm, BBC reported.

Tropical Storm Blanca is forecast to rapidly strengthen and become a hurricane later today. At 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC), Tropical Storm Blanca was located 605 km SSW of Zihuatanejo and about 655 km S of Manzanillo, Mexico.

Andres has strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2015 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season, National Hurricane Center mentioned in a bulletin issued at 03:00 pm MDT, May 29, 2015. The hurricane Andres is currently located 1,235 km SSW of the Southern tip of Baja California with the maximum sustained winds of 120 km/hr.

Hurricane Gonzalo has caused damage between $200 million and $400 millions in Bermuda, a Boston-based catastrophe modeling company, AIR Worldwide mentioned. The hurricane hit the Atlantic island archipelago off the coast of North Carolina with maximum sustained winds of around 110 miles per hour (175 kph).

Hurricane Gonzalo has claimed life of a person in Saint Martin and injured 12 others in Antigua. The storm has destroyed 37 boats docked on St. Martin including 22 in Simpson Bay Lagoon. Hundreds of power outages have been reported on the north coast of Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Marie is the sixth-most intense Pacific hurricane on record which became the first Category 5 hurricane in the Northeast Pacific since Hurricane Cella in 2010. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Marie to Category 5 hurricane on August 24.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook on March 22. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts three to six hurricanes developing between June 1 and the end of November. The Atlantic hurricane region includes the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Next week, May 25-31, is National Hurricane Preparedness Week. NOAA will be offering hurricane preparedness tips, along with video and audio public service announcements in both English and Spanish. Original post: Natural Disasters List May 22, 2014

Hurricane Xaver with winds of around 100 km per hour and gusts of 130 km per hour claimed lives of at least five people in Poland, Xinhua reported. The victims include four on the roads when a car and a bus were crushed by falling trees in Lebork, Pomerania district in northern Poland. Around 23 people have been injured after a bus veered off the road and crashed into a tree, New Poland Express said. According to the Polskie Radio, other four people have been injured, including two in Silesia, one in Wielkopolska and one in Masovia. Poland Hurricane 'Xaver' has further left an estimated 400,000 people without electricity. Below is a photo of storm damage in Szczecin, north west Poland (via Polskie Radio, PAP/Marcin Bielecki). After causing huge damage in western Europe , hurricane Xaver hit Poland in the early hours of Friday morning. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) had warned that hurricane-level winds in Poland could cause loss of life