Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe that made Creating landfall on Florida and Louisiana in August 2005 , causing Causation catastrophic damage Damaging , particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding Surrounding areas .

The storm Catastrophe strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico but weakened Cause_change_of_strength before making Creating its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Catastrophe on August 29 , over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi .

The storm Catastrophe strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico but weakened Cause_change_of_strength before making Creating its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Catastrophe on August 29 , over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi .

The 1933 Cuba–Bahamas hurricane was last of six major hurricanes , or at least a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale , in the active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season .

Ultimately intensifying Cause_change_of_strength into an upper-end Category 3 severe tropical cyclone Catastrophe with maximum sustained Damaging 10-minute winds of 155 km/h ( 100 mph ) , Lua made landfall Arriving near the remote community of Pardoo , about 150 km ( 95 mi ) east of Port Hedland .

Late on August 12 , Felix peaked as a low-end Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe .

However , it soon weakened Cause_change_of_strength rapidly to a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe .

The hurricane Catastrophe later weakened Cause_change_of_strength , slowed Change_event_time its forward motion , and turned Becoming to the north , striking Attack North Carolina on August 12 as a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale .

Thelma formed Coming_to_be in the Arafura Sea north of the Northern Territory while intensifying Cause_change_of_strength rapidly into a Category 5 cyclone , passing Motion_directional very near the Tiwi Islands and posing Causation a severe threat to Darwin , but passed Motion_directional by at a distance of .

Thelma was the first known Category 5 cyclone to be observed Perception_active in the Timor Sea , and was also the most intense cyclone to threaten Warning Darwin since Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve in 1974 .

Dean brushed Damaging the northern Leeward Islands as a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , bringing Bringing light rain but producing Creating no damage Damaging , before turning Motion northward and striking Attack Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe .

Dean brushed Damaging the northern Leeward Islands as a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale , bringing Bringing light rain but producing Creating no damage Damaging , before turning Motion northward and striking Attack Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe .

Despite predictions that Elena would continue eastward across Florida , the cyclone remained Temporary_stay nearly stationary for about 48 hours , causing Causation damage Damaging all along the eastern gulf with high winds and waves , before slowly moving Motion northwest and ultimately making landfall near Biloxi , Mississippi , on September 2 as a Category 3 major hurricane .

Initially a tropical storm Catastrophe , it moved Motion west-northwestward and intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale by August 19 .

The storm deepened Cause_change_of_strength significantly over the next few days , and by August 22 , it peaked Arriving as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph ( 205 km/h ) .

Late on August 24 , the hurricane Catastrophe struck Attack near Yarmouth , Nova Scotia , as a Category 2 hurricane , just before becoming Becoming extratropical .

The eighteenth named Name_conferral storm , tenth hurricane , and second major hurricane of the year , Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall Self_motion in Cuba .

While it was a Category 2 hurricane off the coast of the Northeastern United States , the storm became Becoming the largest Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe on record ( as measured by diameter , with tropical-storm-force winds spanning Body_movement ) .

On October 24 , Sandy became Becoming a hurricane , made landfall Self_motion near Kingston , Jamaica , re-emerged Coming_to_be a few hours later into the Caribbean Sea and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 2 hurricane .

On October 25 , Sandy hit Attack Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane , then weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a Category 1 hurricane .

On October 25 , Sandy hit Attack Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane , then weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a Category 1 hurricane .

On October 27 , Sandy briefly weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical storm and then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane .

Jerry began Process_start to intensify on October 15 and soon became Becoming a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale .

Between 1 and 2 April , the storm Catastrophe quickly intensified Cause_change_of_strength and attained Achieve its peak intensity as a Category 5 cyclone on the Australian cyclone intensity scale .

Despite entering Arriving a more unfavorable environment several hundred miles east of the northern Leeward Islands , Gladys became Becoming a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane Catastrophe wind scaleon September 28 .

This subsequently allowed Preventing_or_letting Gladys to rapidly intensify Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe , reaching Arriving maximum sustained winds of on October 2 .

After almost dissipating Dispersal on August 10 , Irene peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe on August 16 .

On 10 April , Ita intensified Cause_change_of_strength rapidly into a powerful Category 5 system on the Australian Scale , but it weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a Category 4 system in the hours immediately preceding Process_start landfall the following day .

On 10 April , Ita intensified Cause_change_of_strength rapidly into a powerful Category 5 system on the Australian Scale , but it weakened Cause_change_of_strength to a Category 4 system in the hours immediately preceding Process_start landfall the following day .

Reaching Arriving Category 4 strength about 24 hours after having been upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a hurricane , Gustav brushed Motion the Isle of Youth and made landfall Arriving on Cuba 's western 's peninsula .

Fluctuations in its internal structure and visible appearance did not counter Response the storm 's general weakening trend , and Hurricane Gustav made its final landfall Arriving as a Category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie , Louisiana on September 1 .

Carrie intensified Cause_change_of_strength further , before reaching Arriving peak intensity on September 8 as a Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km/h ) in the open Openness Atlantic Ocean .

A turn towards the northwest became Becoming evident as it attained Getting Category 1 hurricane status on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale the following day while it organized Arranging into a developed storm Catastrophe .

Fran peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as a 120 mph ( 195 km/h ) Category 3 hurricane by early on September 5 .

Ella headed Motion westward and by August 31 , intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe .

Hours later , it strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane Catastrophe wind scale .

The storm slowly intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 1 typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale , according to JTWC .

Hurricane Catastrophe Gonzalo was the second tropical cyclone , after Hurricane Fay , to directly strike Attack the island of Bermuda in a one-week time frame in October 2014 , and was the first Category 4 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe since Hurricane Catastrophe Ophelia in 2011 .

It made Manufacturing landfall on Antigua , Saint Martin , and Anguilla as a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe , causing Causation damage Damaging on those and nearby islands .

The cyclone gradually weakened Cause_change_of_strength before crossing Motion_directional directly over central Bermuda at Category 2 strength Cause_change_of_strength around 00:30 UTC on October 18 .

Around the same time , the JTWC assessed Testing the storm Catastrophe to have been equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane .

Shortly thereafter , Manuel attained Getting Category 1 hurricane intensity , before making its final landfall Self_motion just west of Culiacán at peak intensity .

While approaching Arriving Central America , the storm Catastrophe intensified Cause_change_of_strength and peaked as a 115 mph ( 185 km/h ) Category 3 hurricane on September 2 .

Cindy was originally thought to have been a tropical storm Catastrophe at peak strength , but was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a Category 1 hurricane in the post-storm analysis .

Hurricane Catastrophe Beatriz was a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe that killed Killing four people after brushing Motion the western coast of Mexico in June 2011 .

Ignacio weakened Cause_change_of_strength quickly , though it briefly leveled Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale off in intensity as a Category 2 hurricane .

It strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a major hurricane Catastrophe , reaching Arriving Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale before passing Motion_directional just south of Jamaica on August 20 .

Dean was the first hurricane Catastrophe to make landfall in the Atlantic basin at Category 5 intensity since Hurricane Andrew on August 24 , 1992 .

Dean 's Category 5 landfall was in a sparsely populated Surrounding area and thus far less damaging Damaging than Andrew 's , even though Dean was much larger , but its long swath of damage Damaging resulted in Causation its name retirement from the World Meteorological Organization 's Atlantic hurricane naming Name_conferral lists .

Rapid intensification Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale took place Process_start thereafter and the storm Catastrophe reached Arriving its peak intensity on September 2 as a Category 3 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane Catastrophe wind scale .