The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. It is rare, but hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic as early as March or as late as December.
The average life span of a hurricane is 9 days.
Apart from hurricane this natural phenomenon is also known by the names of cyclone and typhoon.
Florida has had more hurricanes than any other state in the United States. More than 60 have played there since 1900.
The 'perfect storm' of 1991, made famous by the book and film, was created from the remains of Hurricane Grace.
Hurricanes turn clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,836 people, making it the deadliest hurricane in the United States since Hurricane Okeechobee in 1928.
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