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Journal article
Hurricane Gilbert: The storm of the century
GeoJournal, Vol.23(4), pp.323-325
23
1991
Abstract
Hurricane Gilbert has been labelled the "storm of the century" because of the many meteorological records it set. These include size, straightness of track, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, and total energy. After ravaging Jamaica as a Force 3 storm, Gilbert made landfall in Yucatan as a Force 5, one of only three hurricanes of such magnitude to do so in North America this century. In spite of a death toll of 318 and property damage in the billions of dollars, Gilbert's impacts were eclipsed by the extensive publicity that accompanied Hurricane Hugo's landfall in South Carolina the following year (1989).
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- Title
- Hurricane Gilbert
- Publication Details
- GeoJournal, Vol.23(4), pp.323-325
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Series
- 23
- Copyright
- © 1991 (Apr) by Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Identifiers
- 99380090334206600
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English