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1、Hurricane, name given to violentstormsthatoriginateoverthetropicalorsubtropicalwatersoftheAtlanticOcean,CaribbeanSea,GulfofMexico,orNorthPacificOceaneastoftheInternationalDateLine.Bad：fearful;frightful;terrible;terrifying;dreadful;awful;holy;ugly；scary；horrible；deadlistTheDeadliestHurrican
2、es InU.S.HistoryBy曾纯（20070301054）10Galveston['ɡælvistən]Hurricane,Texas,1915275dead/11GalvestonCitizensPlace:Galveston,inthelineoffireforAtlantichurricanes,The1900hurricane,15yearsagoMeasures:SeawallResults:avoidedthehighdeathtollwiththenewlybuiltseawall.9AtlanticGulfHurricane, FloridaandG
3、ulfCoast,1919287deadCategory:4Influence:rippedthroughtheFloridaKeys,hittheFloridaStraitsandtheGulfofMexico.Falserumors:suggestingthatthestormhadmovednorthcaughtTexasresidentsoffguard,somanywereunpreparedwhenthestormmadelandfall.Toll:theofficiallyrecordednumberofvictimsis287,believedthatthe
4、truedeathtollwasmuchhigher,asanestimated500additionalpeoplewerelostatsea.8TheGrandIsleHurricane, NewOrleans,1909350deadcausedmajorfloodingthroughoutNewOrleans,similartoHurricaneKatrina,aidfromthegovernmentwasslowtoarriveinthemoredevastatedareasuntilnewsreportsbegantofocusonthehundredsofsur
5、vivorslefthomelessandindireneedofbasicnecessities.7TheGreatMiamiHurricane, Florida,1926373deadaworsetimeforFlorida.Duringthe1920s,thestatewasgoingthroughitsfirstrealestatebubble,asdeveloperspursuedambitiousandriskyprojectslikefloatinghotelsandman-madeislands.thefinalpushthatbroughtFloridai
6、ntotheGreatDepression.Officialdeathtollsarefuzzybecauseofthelargetransientpopulationandnewlyunaccounted-forresidents.6HurricaneAudrey, TexasandLouisiana,1957416deadStartasatropicaldepressionintheGulfCoast,thenmadelandfallontheTexas-LouisianaborderandpushednortheastacrosstheTennesseeborder.
7、Audreyvictimshadnowarning,asnewsreportshadadvisedresidentsthatthestormwouldnotmakelandfallforfourdays,butthatverynight,Audreystruckthesoutherncoast.5TheGreatLaborDayStorm,Florida,1935400to600deadOneofonlythreeCategory5hurricanesevertohittheU.Scausedextremedama
