Hurricane Erika was the strongest and longest-lasting tropical cyclone Catastrophe in the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season .

Hurricane John , also known as Typhoon John , was both the longest-lasting and the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed Perception_active .

Late on December 7 , the winds dropped Motion_directional below hurricane Catastrophe status for the first time in five days , making Manufacturing Epsilon the longest-lasting December hurricane Catastrophe on record Recording .