Strange storms in history

(Baonghean.vn) - In August and September this year, the world has seen a high number of storms, causing heavy damage to people and property. Below are records of storms in history.

The storm with the weirdest path: Hurricane Wayne in 1986, with its strange clockwise loops multiple times. In addition, Hurricane Wayne is also considered one of the "drunkest" storms in history after Hurricane Ginger in 1971.

The storm with the most erratic path:Hurricane Rita in 1972, the path of this storm is reminiscent of a tornado from bottom to top.

The storm has the most erratic path: Typhoon Parma in 2008. In fact, Typhoon Parma shocked many in the meteorological industry with its very strange paths, not unlike Typhoon Wayne in 1986, with two times entering and exiting the East Sea, and three times "sweeping" through the Philippines. The direction of Parma constantly changed, causing it to enter and exit the East Sea many times.

Path chart of Hurricane John in 1994 - the storm with the longest path in world history. Photo: Internet

The storm with the longest path on the planet: Hurricane John in 1994. Traveled a distance of 13,280km, from East to West and back to the central Pacific.

The fastest moving storm:Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, with a speed of >40km/h. Super Typhoon Tip in 1979 under discussion is said to be the fastest typhoon, at times moving up to 75km/h.

The slowest moving storm: Typhoon Cimaron in 2006, Typhoon Cimaron almost did not move or went below 3km/h.

The storm with the strongest "gust" wind speed:Super Typhoon Olivia in 1996, with wind gusts of up to 408km/h. The second strongest typhoon was: Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, with wind gusts of 380km/h. The third strongest typhoon was: Super Typhoon Paka in 1997, with wind gusts of 378km/h.

Storm No. 10 will make landfall in our country with wind gusts of level 15. Illustrative photo

The storm with the highest maximum sustained winds: Super Typhoon Patricia in 2015, with a speed of up to 345 km/h - Equal to Super Typhoon Nancy in 1961, also 345 km/h. The storm with the second highest maximum winds was: Super Typhoon Violet in 1961, with a speed of up to 335 km/h. The storm with the third highest maximum winds was: Super Typhoon Ida in 1958, with a speed of up to 325 km/h. The storm with the most exceptional intensity (wind speed and pressure) for 3 consecutive days was: Super Typhoon Rita in 1978.

Hurricane with lowest atmospheric pressure on record:Super Typhoon Tip of 1979, was both intense in size and had record low pressure.

Storms that directly kill the fewest people:Super Cyclone Yasi, killing 1 person.

The storm caused the greatest loss of life:The 1970 Bhola super cyclone in Bangladesh killed an estimated 300,000 - 500,000 people.

On November 15, 2007, super cyclone Sidr made landfall in southern Bangladesh, causing serious damage to people and property. Photo: Internet

Hurricanes that create the most landslides:Super Typhoon Ida in 1958, with more than 1,900 landslides.

Hurricanes cause the greatest economic damage:Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with total property damage of 108 billion USD.

Storm with the heaviest rainfall:Super Typhoon Nina in 1975. Created 1692mm of rain over 3 days.

Historical record of storm groups:The group of storms that appeared together the most in the same sea area belongs to the 4 storm brothers: Super typhoon HaLong, Genevieve, Iselle and Julio in 2014. Of which HaLong and Iselle are the stronger. All with super strong intensity and wind speed and raging in the Pacific Ocean, this is the first time in the "historical award" given to this group.

The most beautiful, even and aligned storm group:Typhoons Phailin, Nari and Wipha in 2013. All three typhoons were aligned and had equal spins and were considered the most beautiful ever in history.

Satellite image of Hurricane Patricia taken on October 23, 2015. Photo: Internet

The storm with the largest eye in history:Hurricane Carmen in 1960 with a diameter of 320 km.

The storm had the shortest path in history:Hurricane Martha in 1969.

The strongest storms form earliest:Super Typhoon Isa of 1997, formed from April 12 until reaching Cat 5 strength on April 20, 1997.

Storm forming over land: Typhoon Amy in 1994, this storm formed right on the mainland near the China - Vietnam border.

The latest storm to form this year:Super Typhoon Ophelia of 1957, the storm formed at noon on December 31, 1957.

The storm that causes the most lightning is:Storm Meranti in 2010, when so many lightning strikes hit the ground that it was impossible to estimate.

Typhoon Haiyan has the same strength as Hurricane Katrina, which swept through New Orleans (USA) on September 2, 2005, killing about 2,000 people and affecting millions of others. Total material damage amounted to more than 100 billion USD.

The storm has two paths:Typhoon Dot in 1967, this was a storm with 2 tracks. Not sure where it started??

Magnetic storm moving from land to sea:Hurricane Olaf in 1997, this storm moved in and out of the land and out to sea, giving meteorologists a headache.

Smallest storm:Hurricane Marco in 2008, with winds over 64 km/h spread out with a diameter of 37 km.

The storm with the highest waves:Super typhoon Haiyan, with waves over 15m high.

The storm with the longest active lifespan:Hurricane John in 1994. The storm formed on August 11 and did not dissipate until September 10, equivalent to 31 days of activity.

On September 10, 2017, the "monster" hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, causing many areas in Miami to be submerged in seawater.

The storm with the shortest active lifespan:Typhoon Podul in 2013, with a lifespan of only a few hours.

The most terrifying fire-breathing storm:Peshtigo Hurricane of 1871. The fire swept through 4850km² of forest (twice the area of ​​Ho Chi Minh City). The fire even grabbed several km² of Green Bay, the force of the flames was so strong that they threw houses and cars into the air and burned them.

The storm with the highest dust:Hurricane Phoenix in 2011. With winds of 80km/h, giant dust clouds rolled up to 3,000m in the sky and visibility dropped to zero saturation.

The storm appeared with a tornado before the storm made landfall:Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

Kim Ngoc

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