Hurricanes of the Awesome80s

Major hurricanes of the Super70s are shown below with the number of fatalities shown in parenthesis.

August 4-11 1980, Hurricane Allen in the Caribbean and Texas (272)
November 25 1981, Typhoon Irma in the Philippines(176)
August 18 1983, Hurricane Alicia in southern Texas (17)
September 2 1984, Typhoon Ike in the Philippines (1,363)
May 25 1985, Cyclone in Bangladesh (10,000+)
September 2, 1985 Hurricane Elena (4)
October 26 - November 6 1985, Hurricane Juan in the Southeast U.S. (97)
November 16-23, 1985, Hurricane Kate in Southeast U.S. (2)
November 25 1987, Typhoon Nina in the Philippines (650)
September 10-17 1988, Hurricane Gilbert in the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico (260)
September 16-22 1989, Hurricane Hugo in the Caribbean & Southeast U.S. (504)

Atlantic hurricane seasons 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

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