| Hypercane Gordon | |
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 Hypercane Gordon late on July 19, 2012, with the ISS in the foreground | |
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Formed: |
June 29, 2012 |
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Maximum winds: |
510 mph (820 km/h) |
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Lowest pressure: |
799 mbar |
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Casualties: |
1,219,407 direct, 422,015 indirect |
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Damage: |
$529 billion (2012 USD) |
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Area(s) affected: |
United States |
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Part of the: | |
Hypercane Gordon was a devastating Category 9 hypercane that leveled most of southern England, and caused near-catastrophic damage to the coastlines of France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. It was initially a somewhat weak tropical storm that while slowly dying out, happened to pass over the erupting Freedom Seamount on July 4, 2012, leading to the formation of the tropical cyclone that would break nearly all major tropical cyclone records worldwide: windspeed, pressure, size, casualties, and damage.
