Statistics for Retired Hurricanes Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The most well-known hurricane, damage most likely due to poor disaster management	Katrina	100%
Costliest hurricane in Puerto Rican history and Dominican history, killing over 3,000	Maria	86%
Became the largest hurricane in terms of area, caused heavy damages to New York City	Sandy	86%
One of only two Tropical Storms to be retired, this one surviving unusually long inland	Allison	71%
Second-strongest hurricane to affect the United States and caused devastation in Louisiana	Camille	71%
Pulverized the Bahamas, becoming the worst natural disaster in the country's history	Dorian	71%
First Greek name to be retired due to its extensive damages in Nicaragua	Eta	71%
Caused the second-highest damage of any hurricane by lingering in the Houston area	Harvey	71%
Deadliest named Atlantic hurricane in modern times	Mitch	71%
Only Atlantic hurricane starting with W to be retired	Wilma	71%
First hurricane name to be retired due to its heavy damages to the Northeast United States	Carol	57%
This hurricane devastated the Carribean and caused the island of Barbuda to briefly become uninhabited	Irma	57%
Notable for going the wrong way, going in a west-to-east direction throughout its lifespan	Lenny	57%
Only Atlantic hurricane to achieve wind speeds of 190 miles per hour	Allen	43%
Extremely deadly hurricane that made landfall once in the Atlantic and another time in the Pacific, both at Category 2 intensity	Fifi	43%
Wettest hurricane to strike Haiti, making landfall at peak intensity and bringing immense flooding	Flora	43%
Caused Belize to relocate its capital from Belize City to Belmopan due to this hurricane	Hattie	43%
Struck the Carolinas as a category 4 hurricane and killed 80 people in Canada	Hazel	43%
Least deadly retired hurricane on record, only being retired due to its major damages	Paloma	29%
Only major hurricane to directly affect Costa Rica	Otto	14%