The size of a hurricane doesn't determine the severity of the storm and in this episode of FTD facts
I'm looking at the biggest hurricanes including cyclones and typhoons. They're all the same thing
Just the word use is based on the location of the storm
My name is Laura Kenton and I'll be determining the biggest storms based on their radius and number 10
We have hurricane Yolanda. This happened in the year 2013 and it was a category 5 super typhoon and its diameter was
800 kilometers Yolanda also known as typhoon Haiyan is the smallest in this episode
But it's one of the strongest storms ever over 6,000 fatalities and 2 billion u.s
Dollars in damages happen in the Philippines Yolanda also affected other nations like South China and Vietnam
Next up is typhoon Usagi also in 2013, and it was a category 4 super typhoon. It had a diameter of
1110 kilometers another storm off the coast of the Philippines in early September of 2013
The storm formed a 17 mile wide I in three days and upgraded to a category 5 hurricane
the storm caused 4.3 billion dollars in total across the Philippines in China where
Thousands of people made homeless and billions of dollars worth of crops that were destroyed. Typhoon mera cod comes in at number 8 formed in
2009 and this was a category 1 typhoon and it had a diameter of
1,200 kilometers America was one of the biggest to hit Taiwan
It's 90 mile per hour wind speed may not seem that dangerous
But it moved very slowly which had it caused a lot of damage over
100 feet of rain fell causing massive flooding and the storm also affected other Southeast Asian countries
including China and Japan
Total Merrythought costs over 6 billion dollars in damage the year 2014 brought us hurricane karl
and this was a category 3 major hurricane, it had a diameter of
1255 kilometers Carl is a sixth largest Atlantic hurricane ever formed off the coast of Cape Verde luckily
It weakened to a category 1 before ending off in the Faroe Islands and no damages were recorded. Just three years ago
We saw hurricane Nicole in 2016. And this was a category or major hurricane with a diameter of
1285 kilometers nikohl was only in Bermuda where it caused a lot of damage yet
It still affected other areas in the United States
There are some huge waves that were created by the storm that affected beaches in South Florida back in the year
1996 we had hurricane Lily and this was a category 3 major hurricane the storm had a diameter of
1345 kilometers beginning as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico and ending after hitting
London this massive slow-moving storm was responsible for a lot of flooding and damages in two
Continents the countries of Cuba and Bahamas suffered quite a bit of fatalities coming in at number 4
we have hurricane Igor this category 4 hurricane was formed in 2010 and had a diameter of
1335 kilometers fortunately for the people of the Caribbean and the United States
Egor weakened to a category 3 as it approached it barely caused any damage in Bermuda, Newfoundland in Canada
however
Got hit the hardest nearly two hundred million dollars in damages was caused by Igor at number three we have
Hurricane sandy back in the year 2012 this one cause a lot of destruction
It was a category 3 hurricane with a diameter of one thousand three hundred and eighty kilometers
Sandy is the third most devastating hurricane to ever hit the United States damages cost seventy billion dollars
Sandy hit the Caribbean and traveled to the east coast of the United States and in total 24 states were
Affected the second biggest hurricane is hurricane. Olga formed in 2001. And this was a category 1 hurricane
with a diameter of
1595 kilometers Olga is the largest Atlantic hurricane when you go by its diameter, however
it was not a strong storm at all and great thing about this was that it didn't cause any
damages whatsoever and nobody was injured the number one biggest hurricane was
typhoon tip formed in
1979 this was a category 5 super typhoon with a diameter of
2220 kilometers typhoon tip is the largest by diameter in
History tip formed over the Marshall Islands near the Philippines and again strength as it moved over the ocean
eventually becoming a category 5 it also caused damage to
Japan boats and people at sea sank and tens of thousands of people were left homeless
Because of the flooding having to deal with natural disasters comes with living on this planet
I suggest you watch the episode I made about the biggest forest fires in history
You'll learn that some of these
Natural disasters aren't as natural as you think hit that subscribe button and ring that bell and I'll see you real soon in another episode