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# 2005 Atlantic hurricane season

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2005 Atlantic hurricane season
First storm started: | June 8, 2005
Last storm ended: | January 6, 2006
Strongest storm: | Hurricane Wilma - 882 mbar, 185 mph winds
Number of storms: | 31 (including 3 weak storms)
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) | 7
Cost of damage: | Over US$100 billion
People killed: | Over 1770

The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the time from June 1 to November 30, 2005 when hurricanes officially formed. Storms can form before and after these dates. Tropical Storm Zeta started past the official end of November 30 and began on December 30 and ended on January 6.

2005 broke many records set. There were 28 storms that were tropical storms and 15 that were hurricanes. For the first time ever storms were named by the Greek alphabet as the normal name list had been used up. The most expensive storm was Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans, USA, and killing over 1000 people. Hurricane Wilma was the strongest hurricane of the season. Wilma became the strongest hurricane ever known in the Atlantic Ocean.

All the storms that had names were:

- Tropical Storm Arlene
- Tropical Storm Bret
- Hurricane Cindy
- Hurricane Dennis
- Hurricane Emily
- Tropical Storm Franklin
- Tropical Storm Gert
- Tropical Storm Harvey
- Hurricane Irene
- Tropical Storm Jose
- Hurricane Katrina
- Tropical Storm Lee
- Hurricane Maria
- Hurricane Nate
- Hurricane Ophelia
- Hurricane Phillipe
- Hurricane Rita
- Hurricane Stan
- Tropical Storm Tammy
- Hurricane Vince
- Hurricane Wilma
- Tropical Storm Alpha
- Hurricane Beta
- Tropical Storm Gamma
- Tropical Storm Delta
- Hurricane Epsilon
- Tropical Storm Zeta

There were also four storms that were not given any names: Tropical Depression Ten, Tropical Depression Nineteen, Subtropical Depression Twenty-two, and a subtropical storm that was not found until after it had happened. A subtropical cyclone is one that is not quite a tropical cyclone, but is more tropical than an extratropical cyclone.

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