2014 Event Category 3-strength Hurricane Odile makes landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, destroying property and leaving many residents without electricity or potable water; the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical storm overnight as it continues north 2014 Event Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, is found guilty of bribery and corruption charges; Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison 2014 Event North Carolina is hit by Category 2 Hurricane Arthur, causing some flooding and the risk of storm surges 2013 Event After sustaining extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012, the Statue of Liberty is once again open to the public 2012 Event New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the cancellation of the New York City Marathon due to the damage and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy 2012 Event Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90 2012 Event In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system 2012 Event The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century 2012 Event The U.S. East Cost prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which caused damage throughout the Caribbean and resulted in 67 deaths 2012 Event Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Jamaica and heads towards The Bahamas 2012 Event Mexico's state, Veracruz, experiences a natural disaster when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall, killing at least three people 2012 Event According to the U.S. Hurricane Center, Hurricane Bud has formed off of the Pacific Ocean's coast of Mexico, and has reached category two strength 2011 Event Hurricane Irene lands in North Carolina, near Cape Lookout 2011 Event New York City braces for Hurricane Irene, announcing plans to shut down subways buses and commuter trains 2011 Event Tropical Storm Arlene, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm, lands near Cabo Rojo and brings heavy rain to Mexico and southern Texas 2010 Event Hurricane Julia becomes the fifth hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season 2010 Event Hurricane Earl shifts toward the east coast of the U.S., placing most of North Carolina's coast on hurricane watch 2005 Event Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836 2004 Event Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30 2004 Event Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage. 1997 Event Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico 1997 Event Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 1992 Event Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii 1992 Event Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured 1992 Event Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1991 Event Hurricane Bob hits U.S. 1991 Event Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind 1990 Event West-Europe's strongest hurricane 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 1989 Event Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1988 Event Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere 1988 Event Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Event Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1985 Event Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1985 Event Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast 1983 Event Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1983 Event Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas 1980 Event Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas 1980 Event Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed 1980 Event Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas and Caribbean 1979 Event Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Event Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1978 Event Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1976 Event Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried 1975 Event Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S. 1974 Event Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die 1974 Event Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 1974 Event Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed 1972 Death Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes kills 117 1970 Event Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique 1970 Event Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1969 Birthday Helen Kelesi, born in Victoria, Canada, professional tennis player, dubbed 'Hurricane Helen', ranked 13th in the World, November 1989 1967 Event Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38 1967 Event Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas 1966 Event Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico 1966 Event Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras 1965 Event Hurricane hits north east US/Canada 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida 1965 Event Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La 1964 Event Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga 1963 Event Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1963 Event Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1963 Event Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti 1963 Event Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1961 Event Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras 1961 Event Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph 1960 Event Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die) 1960 Event Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US 1959 Event Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1957 Event Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas 1955 Event Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1955 Event Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1955 Event Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean 1955 Event Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico 1955 Event Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage 1955 Event Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die 1954 Event Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S. 1954 Event Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1954 Event Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20 1954 Event Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 1954 Event Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 Event Hurricane Carol, kills 68 1951 Event Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica 1949 Birthday Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player, 2X world-champ 1944 Event Hurricane hits New England: 389 die 1944 Event Hurricane, kills 389 in NC 1944 Event Very strong hurricane hits Netherland 1944 Event Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 1938 Event Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 1935 Event 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft 1935 Event Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane 1935 Event A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423 1933 Event Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Event Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1930 Event Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) 1928 Event Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Event Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die 1928 Event Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 1926 Event Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 1926 Event Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250 1926 Event Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1926 Event Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372 1925 Event Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die 1921 Event Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon 1919 Event Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1915 Event Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1915 Event Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1915 Event Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) 1900 Event 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1894 Event Dutch coast hit by hurricane 1893 Event Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC 1893 Event 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) 1891 Event Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1886 Event Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1881 Event Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1877 Event Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1871 Event Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador 1862 Event Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1856 Event Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana 1837 Event "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) 1831 Event Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die 1825 Event Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City 1780 Event Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1780 Event Barbados hurricane begins 1776 Event Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1772 Event Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica 1715 Event 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane 1703 Event Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships 1694 Event Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die 1667 Event Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1666 Event Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die 1635 Event 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony 1551 Event Dutch west coast hit by hurricane 1528 Event Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1163 Event Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
