Many of the storms in this season affected land. The most destructive hurricane, Hurricane Floyd, tracked through the Windward Islands, Yucatan Peninsula, and the US Gulf Coast, causing a total of $19 billion dollars in damage and 789 deaths along the way. It was also the second strongest of the season, after Lenny the record-breaker. Lenny, the strongest of the season, attained a record-breaking strength of 190 mph and 881 mbars, this was stronger than previous record-holder Gilbert in 1988. It also caused extreme damage in Central America. Lenny and Floyd were the only very destructive storms; all the other land falling storms were tropical storms when they made landfall and weren't nearly as destructive as the two beasts. The cause of the season's activity could be linked to a strong La