Hurricane Wilma

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Hurricane Wilma was a record-breaking Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005, known for having the lowest central pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic basin and causing widespread destruction in the Caribbean and parts of the United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Wilma canonical 4
Hurricane Wilma (2005) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedRegion Bahamas ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
basinRecord strongest Atlantic hurricane by central pressure ⓘ
caused severe wind damage ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
widespread flooding ⓘ
classificationAtFloridaLandfall Category 3 hurricane ⓘ
comparedWith Hurricane Gilbert ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Hurricane Rita ⓘ
damageCost about 29 billion USD ⓘ
damageCostAdjusted over 30 billion USD ⓘ
dissipatedOn 2005-10-27 ⓘ
era early 21st century ⓘ
eyeDiameterAtPeak about 3 km ⓘ
fatalities at least 62 ⓘ
over 60 ⓘ
formedFrom tropical depression in the western Caribbean ⓘ
formedOn 2005-10-15 ⓘ
impactedCountry Bahamas ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
impactedUSState Florida ⓘ
Louisiana (indirectly) ⓘ
Mississippi (indirectly) ⓘ
landfallLocation Cape Romano, Florida, United States ⓘ
Cozumel, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Cozumel

Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán Peninsula
lowestCentralPressure 26.05 inHg ⓘ
882 mbar ⓘ
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nameRetiredFor extreme damage and loss of life ⓘ
notableFor rapid intensification ⓘ
very small eye at peak intensity ⓘ
origin Caribbean Sea ⓘ
partOf 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
peak1MinuteSustainedWinds 185 mph ⓘ
295 km/h ⓘ
peakCategory Category 5 ⓘ
reachedCategory5On 2005-10-19 ⓘ
record lowest central pressure ever recorded in the Atlantic basin ⓘ
replacementName Whitney ⓘ
retiredName Wilma ⓘ
season 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
track Caribbean Sea to Yucatán Peninsula to Gulf of Mexico to Florida to Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Yucatán Channel
yearOfOccurrence 2005 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stiltsville → significantEvent → Hurricane Wilma (2005) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Gilbert → laterSurpassedBy → Hurricane Wilma ⓘ