The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering even the records of 2005, with a total of 50 tropical/subtropical depressions, 45 named storms, 34 hurricanes, and 29 major hurricanes observed. Hypercane Gordon shattered the record for the world's most powerful storm, having a top wind speed of 510 mph (820 km/h) and a pressure of 799 mbar, far eclipsing 1979's Super Typhoon Tip (which had 190 mph winds and a previously record pressure of 870 mbar). The hypercane was initally a tropical storm that seemed to be on the verge of dying and dissipating by July 1, but while passing over an erupting underwater supervolcano near Bermuda, it formed into a massive superstorm which destroyed much of southern England and eastern Europe, inclu
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| - The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering even the records of 2005, with a total of 50 tropical/subtropical depressions, 45 named storms, 34 hurricanes, and 29 major hurricanes observed. Hypercane Gordon shattered the record for the world's most powerful storm, having a top wind speed of 510 mph (820 km/h) and a pressure of 799 mbar, far eclipsing 1979's Super Typhoon Tip (which had 190 mph winds and a previously record pressure of 870 mbar). The hypercane was initally a tropical storm that seemed to be on the verge of dying and dissipating by July 1, but while passing over an erupting underwater supervolcano near Bermuda, it formed into a massive superstorm which destroyed much of southern England and eastern Europe, inclu
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major hurricanes
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hurricanes
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total fatalities
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Cat
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Name
| - Chris
- Florence
- Beryl
- Alberto
- Debby
- Ernesto
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total depressions
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Dates
| - March 29 – April 7
- April 6 – April 20
- February 17 – February 26
- January 28 – February 7
- January 28 – February 9
- May 13 – June 1
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last storm dissipated
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max-winds
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- 105(xsd:integer)
- 110(xsd:integer)
- 120(xsd:integer)
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1-min winds
| - 60(xsd:integer)
- 90(xsd:integer)
- 95(xsd:integer)
- 105(xsd:integer)
- 120(xsd:integer)
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strongest storm
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Pressure
| - 947(xsd:integer)
- 957(xsd:integer)
- 960(xsd:integer)
- 965(xsd:integer)
- 971(xsd:integer)
- 989(xsd:integer)
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total damages
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Deaths
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Basin
| - Atl
- North Atlantic tropical cyclone
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Dissipated
| - --02-07
- --02-09
- --02-26
- --04-07
- --04-20
- --06-01
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Areas
| - Cancun, Mexico; Honduras-Guatemala border
- Cayman Islands; Cancun, Mexico
- Eleuthera Island, Bahamas; St. Augustine, Florida
- Key West, Florida; Port Arthur, Texas
- Soledad, Columbia; Colon, Panama; Changuinola, Panama
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first storm formed
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min-press
| - 957(xsd:integer)
- 960(xsd:integer)
- 965(xsd:integer)
- 971(xsd:integer)
- 989(xsd:integer)
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Damage
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total storms
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Year
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Formed
| - --02-17
- --03-29
- --01-28
- --04-06
- --05-13
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abstract
| - The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering even the records of 2005, with a total of 50 tropical/subtropical depressions, 45 named storms, 34 hurricanes, and 29 major hurricanes observed. Hypercane Gordon shattered the record for the world's most powerful storm, having a top wind speed of 510 mph (820 km/h) and a pressure of 799 mbar, far eclipsing 1979's Super Typhoon Tip (which had 190 mph winds and a previously record pressure of 870 mbar). The hypercane was initally a tropical storm that seemed to be on the verge of dying and dissipating by July 1, but while passing over an erupting underwater supervolcano near Bermuda, it formed into a massive superstorm which destroyed much of southern England and eastern Europe, including Schleswig Holstein, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; and St. Petersburg along with much of Russia's Arctic coast, as well as swamping the Netherlands' coastline. Storms of unusually early formation for the year included Category 2 Hurricanes Alberto and Beryl, both of which formed on January 28 from a splitting tropical wave in the southern Caribbean and later dissipated on February 7 and 9 after impacting Columbia, Panama, and Mexico, respectively. Alberto set and Beryl tied the record for earliest-forming Atlantic storm until 2028's Aaron. The remnants of Hurricane Sandy also spawned the Atlanta 'Super-Tornado', which contained the fastest winds ever recorded on Earth, 702 mph, all-but obliterating downtown Atlanta, leaving only twisted ruins and a one-hundred and fifteen mile-long path of destruction as far as Chattanooga, Tennessee's outskirts, destroying multiple towns and killing nearly six thousand in Atlanta alone (nearly 7700 in total). The second strongest tornado of the year was spawned by Hurricane Isaac in the outskirts of St. Nazaire, France, containing winds of 650 mph, leaving a sixty-eight mile long trail of devastation through eastern France as far as Rennes.
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