Photo courtesy Weather.com,
photographer Stuart Livingston
Destructive waves from Hurricane Opal (1995) at
the State Pier in Gulf Shores, AL
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Did You Know...?
Every year
between June 1 and November 30 (commonly called hurricane season),
hurricanes threaten the eastern and gulf coasts of the United
States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. In other parts of
the world, the same types of storms are called typhoons or cyclones.
These huge storms wreak havoc when they make landfall. They can kill
thousands of people and cause billions of dollars of property damage
when they hit heavily populated areas.
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