5 Most Destructive Hurricanes To Ever Exist!

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5 Most Destructive Hurricanes To Ever Exist! Transcript: Mother Nature can be wondrous and beautiful but she can be absolutely evil. Evil to the point of taking thousands of lives in a single day for absolutely no reason... And that for you is a Hurricane. So prepare because here are 5 Most Destructive Hurricanes To Ever Exist! Lets...Begin! 1. Hurricane Katrina When Hurricane Katrina was approaching New Orleans in 2005 as a Category 5, a mandatory evacuation order was put into effect. It had lessened to a Category 3 when it finally hit, but the high water levels breached the city and the results were devastating with 80 percent of the city underwater. Called “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history” by FEMA, Katrina resulted in 1,833 deaths (40% from drowning) and $108 billion in damages.... Ughh... DAMN! 2. Hurricane Sandy Causing $65 billion in damages, Hurricane Sandy was the second-most costly hurricane in U.S. history. Sandy had actually decreased to a post-tropical cyclone in 2012 after wrecking Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti; but that was enough to cause 13 foot surges up and down New York City and the Jersey Shore. Beaches were wiped, electricity lost for days, 650,000 homes destroyed and 117 people killed in the Northeast. Canada and the Caribbean lost an additional 69 lives also... Yeah, crazy.... 3. Hurricane Gilbert Hurricane Gilbert spanned 500 nautical miles wide, making it one of the largest ever seen in the Atlantic basin. This Category 5 originated off the west coast of Africa before destroying Jamaica in 1988 or at least 80% of homes there. After barreling through the Cayman Islands and Mexico, Gilbert became a series of tornadoes in Texas. The total damage came to about $5.5 billion while 318 people lost their lives. 4. Hurricane Camille Only three Category 5 hurricanes have hit the U.S. since 1900, and Camille was one of them. The Gulf Coast and Virginia were struck in 1969 by 200-mph winds and massive flooding even though it had weakened to a tropical storm since landing in Mississippi. The heavy rainfall caused flash floods and mudslides galore. All in all, 256 people died and $1.4 billion plus was done in damage. But thanks do this unfortunate hurricane, the Wind Scale was invented which is used to rank hurricanes so people are able to better prepare. 5. Hurricane Hugo When Hurricane Hugo hit Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina in 1989, it was a Category 4 with winds at 135 mph. There had not been such a powerful storm to hit the north east coast of Florida since Hazel in 1954. Moving quickly at 30 mph, Hugo continued to cause damage as it moved north of Charleston. In the end, 50 people died and some $8 billion of damage had been done in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Music Background: Kevin MacLeod ~ Evil Incoming : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pffdEfE4pus _________________________________________________________________ Smash that like button for more and make sure yo share it with your friends! Make sure to follow me here: http://twitter.com/itsamerikano