Across
- 2. Strongest hurricane to make landfall and the 3rd most intense hurricane recorded during the 1995 season it was also the 2nd major hurricane of the season. The storm lasted for 14 days
- 6. 1st major hurricane of the 2003 season it developed from a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean on August 25th
- 7. 1st major hurricane of both the season and to make landfall in the U.S. since Wilma hit in 2005. It made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August of 2017.
- 9. 5th and final major hurricane of the 1995 season it reached category 3 intensity less than 24 hours after becoming a hurricane
- 10. A category 4 hurricane that caused significant flooding across the Eastern United States in August of 1955 just days before another hurricane hit the same general area.
- 12. The most destructive tropical cyclone on record to strike the Candian island of Newfoundland it hit during the 2010 season
- 14. 11th hurricane of the 2005 season it made its first landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula. It caused 1,668 fatalities and $3.96 billion in damages
- 15. Cost the United States an estimated $2.1 billion in damages with a death toll of 128 it was the 1st named storm in 1972 and retired in the spring of ‘73
- 16. Most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. This hurricane caused the sugar industry to suffer substantial losses.
- 17. 3rd major hurricane of the 2008 season it wreaked havoc on infrastructure and agriculture in Cuba and Texas.
- 18. Strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch it was the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricane in the 2003 season. It’s peak winds of 165 mph were reached on September 11th.
- 22. Formed during the 1988 Atlantic season it peaked as a category 5 hurricane. It is also the most intense tropical cyclone in recorded history to strike Mexico
- 23. Category 5 hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August of 1992. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed.
- 25. The 1st tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the First Coast of Florida at hurricane intensity it was also the 2nd hurricane of the 1964 season
- 26. Deadly category 5 hurricane that devastated Dominica, St. Croix, and Puerto Rico in September of 2017. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands.
- 28. 3rd major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic season it triggered the 4th largest evacuation in U.S. history
- 30. 1st category 5 hurricane since Felix in 2007. Caused a humanitarian crisis in Haiti it was the 2nd major hurricane of the 2016 season
- 32. Inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and Southeastern U.S. in 1989 it directly killed 67 people but affected roughly 2 million
- 33. Unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected Eastern and central portions of the Gulf Coast near Labor day of 1985
Down
- 1. Second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 season as well as 2nd major hurricane of the season. It caused damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the U.S. costing around $8.31 billion in damages
- 3. The strongest storm of the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season this hurricane was the 1st major one to hit the East Coast in nearly 20 years
- 4. Category 5 tropical cyclone that occurred in August 2005 causing $125 billion in damage and over 1,200 deaths. It is the costliest tropical cyclone on record tying with Harvey in 2017
- 5. Costliest natural disaster in Costa Rican history. It was the fastest-moving tropical system ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico
- 8. 1st major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic season it caused catastrophic damage in the form of flooding in the Carolinas during September
- 11. Caused death and destruction in over a dozen countries in the Caribbean and Central America it moved West for nearly 2 weeks in October of 1988
- 12. 4th major storm of the 2004 season it caused catastrophic damage in Grenada and heavy damage in Jamaica.
- 13. Latest recorded tropical cyclone on a calendar year to strike the Windward Islands it was the 12th hurricane of the 2010 season and formed October 29th
- 18. 1 of 2 tropical cyclones to strike Mexico within a 24-hour period, the 1st occurrence since 1958 it formed on September 12, 2013
- 19. 2nd strongest November Atlantic hurricane on record, it also broke the record as it was the 5th category 4 hurricane in the 1999 season
- 20. Affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the U.S. during August of 2011 it was the 1st major hurricane of the season
- 21. Killed over 8,210 people in Honduras in September of 1974 it is also the first billion dollar hurricane not to make landfall in the U.S.
- 24. 2nd most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States this hurricane originated as a tropical depression on August 14th 1969.
- 27. Most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico it is the 4th most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and also occurred in 2005
- 29. The 1st Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to transition from a subtropical storm since Tropical Storm Laura in 2008
- 31. Most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin and the 2nd most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere after hurricane Patricia in 2015. It also occurred during the very active 2005 season