The 2005 Hurricane Season

This animation shows all of the cyclonic activity associated with the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season from June to November. The 2005 hurricane season was a record breaker: the most named storms, three of the six most intense storms on record, the latest forming storm, and the most costly season in property damages. The infrared imagery was captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-12 satellite with 4km resolution. Names of all of the tropical storms and hurricanes are included in the animation.

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• Katrina
• Rita
• Wilma
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[cookie1749]

they say nightmares arent real but the 2005 hurricane season was real

[imgoingtobarf]

@abreakthang10 Wilma had the loest millebars ever recorded in the atlentic ocean.

But katrina cost MILLIONS literaly BILLIONS of dollars.....

[howeaver]

You guys are debating about Katrina and Wilma Rita was really destructive also

[Victor25301netuno]

Wilma,has been haved two eyewalls after flórida

[elcozu]

Man... wilma and katrina are like 2 freaking one-eyed monsters!... wilma just formed out of nothing!

[abreakthang10]

wilma vs katrina!! its hard to decide!

[Lirigo100]

Wilma was the most powerful hurricane in recorded history based on wind speed and the negative pressure isobars at the eye. I know this because I own a condo in Cancun that was completely demolished by Wilma. If you look at Wilma's path you'll notice that the eye stopped and "parked" over Cancun for 48 hours before bolting to Florida. We were sad as it happened but a part of us laughed because Wilma seemed hell-bent on destroying our condo.

[LUJANCITOM]

el huracan mas destructivo fue katrina pero con mas precion baja fue el wilma

[cookie1749]

look at katrinas eye at 1:42 and wilmas at  2:40 creepy

[tosch89]

Gee....Katrina, Rita and Wilma were real beasts....and Ophelia was kind of a fierce bitch to remain offshore with the eye and then return for landfall even bigger than before(regarding the size)....however any of those storms had some devastating power, there wasn't quite anyone that didn't. I guess when it comes to global warming, this 2005 season was only a warn shot!