View from space: the most destructive hurricanes in the last 20 years

Hurricanes in the zone of the Atlantic Ocean, as they say, are a matter of life. They are formed annually and differ in their intensity. According to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, five main categories are distinguished: minimal, moderate, significant, huge and catastrophic. The latter, of course, is the most dangerous - it is accompanied by a steady wind of more than 252 km / h and is fraught with large-scale destruction. Below is a list of the most destructive Atlantic hurricanes of the last 20 years.

(Total 10 photos)

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1. Hurricane Andrew. (NOAA/Satellite and Information Service)

Date of formation - August 23, 1992, date of disintegration - August 28, 1992. The elements passed through the territory of the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida and southwestern Louisiana.

2 Hurricane Mitch (NOAA/Satellite and Information Service)

Date of formation - October 22, 1998, date of dissolution - November 9, 1998. The element was formed in the western part of the Caribbean; she walked through the territory of Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and delivered the final blow in Florida.

3. Hurricane Isabel (NASA/Ed Lu)

Date of formation - September 6, 2003, date of dissolution - September 20, 2003. The elements damaged the American states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, Michigan, as well as the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.

4. Hurricane Ivan (NASA/Jacques Descloitres)

Date of formation - September 2, 2004, date of dissolution - September 24, 2004. The elements affected the territory of Jamaica, Venezuela, Cuba, Grand Cayman, the US states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.

5. Hurricane Emily (NASA/Jeff Schmaltz)

Date of formation - July 11, 2005, date of dissolution - July 21, 2005. The elements affected the territory of Guyana, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Colombia, Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Texas.

6. Hurricane Katrina (Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC)

Date of formation - August 23, 2005, date of dissolution - August 31, 2005. The elements affected the territory of the Bahamas, Cuba, Louisiana (especially New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida.

7. Hurricane Rita (NASA)

Date of formation - September 18, 2005, date of dissolution - September 26, 2005. The elements affected the territory of Cuba, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida.

8 Hurricane Wilma (NOAA Satellite and Information Service)

Date of formation - October 15, 2005, date of dissolution - October 26, 2005. The elements affected the territory of Jamaica, Haiti, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Yucatan, Florida, the Bahamas, Canada.

9. Hurricane Dean (NASA)

Date of formation - August 13, 2007, date of dissolution - August 27, 2007. The elements affected the territory of Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico.

10 Hurricane Felix (NASA)

Date of formation - August 31, 2007, date of dissolution - September 5, 2007. The elements affected the territory of Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico.