Largest Hurricanes

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Largest Hurricanes

#1 Postby f5 » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:24 pm

we often hear about the costliest,deadliest,most intense hurricanes ect but i was just wondering about the ones that were overweight like Floyd,Gilbert, ect
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#2 Postby WxGuy1 » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:01 pm

Super Typhoon Tip would have covered about the western 1/2 of the US (well, the lower 48 states).
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#3 Postby f5 » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:06 pm

i know the super tyhpoons in the WPAC are huge but i'm talking about the Atlantic beacuse this years stroms looked like it took up an entire basin .ex Katrina&rita's cloud mass almost overtook the entire GOM.they were so big they could barely fit
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#4 Postby Aslkahuna » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:21 pm

In terms of size, the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 was the largest followed by Carla in 1961. This question was asked earlier this season.

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