• Hurricanes are also referred to as tropical cyclones, and typhoons.
  
  
• Hurricanes are accompanied by forceful winds and heavy downpour.
  
  
• In 1495, Christopher Columbus penned the first account about a hurricane.
  
  
• Hurricanes can extend up to 50,000 feet skywards.
  
  
• Hurricanes have the ability to generate tornadoes, gigantic waves, and extensive flooding.

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• Typically, hurricanes are in regard to tropical storms that originate in the Atlantic or Northeast Pacific.
  
  
• Coastal zones are dangerously impacted by hurricanes.
  
  

• The eye of a Hurricane represents the calm spherical area
  surrounded by soaring thunderstorms and extreme weather conditions.
  
  
• Over the past 200 years, hurricanes have been the cause of approximately two million fatalities.
  
  
• The 1992 Hurricane Andrew tore through an eighty foot weighty steel shaft and hurled it beyond a block’s distance.
  
  
• The 1900 hurricane of Galveston Texas resulted in the deaths of 8,000 people – making it the lead killer US weather catastrophe of all time.
  
  
• In 2005, Hurricane Katrina led to the death of more than 1800 individuals in the US with approximately $100 billion dollars in resulting property damage.
  
  
• Hurricane Katrina’s devastating onslaught of New Orleans led to massive and unprecedented city flooding.
  
  
• NY and NJ’s Hurricane Sandy impacted the insurance perspective for the area’s coastal regions, transforming them into a storm exposed zone.

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Summary: Hurricanes have generated extensive insurance claims over the years. Discover some lesser known facts about this form of tropical disturbance.