Hurricane Gilbert

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Hurricane Gilbert was a powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane of 1988 that caused widespread devastation and flooding across the Caribbean, Mexico, and parts of the United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Gilbert canonical 2
Hurricane Allen 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1988 Atlantic hurricane season storm ⓘ
Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Cape Verde-type hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
affectedArea Cayman Islands ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Lesser Antilles ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
United States Gulf Coast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gilbert (1988) ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
categoryAtJamaicaLandfall Category 3 or 4 hurricane ⓘ
categoryAtYucatanLandfall Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
causedDeaths_estimate 318 ⓘ
causedDeathsIn Central America ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
causedDeathsRange 300–350 ⓘ
damageUSD_1988 5000000000 ⓘ
damageUSD_adjusted over 10000000000 ⓘ
developedFrom tropical wave ⓘ
dissipatedOn 1988-09-19 ⓘ
formedOn 1988-09-08 ⓘ
laterSurpassedBy Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Hurricane Rita ⓘ
Hurricane Wilma ⓘ
madeLandfallIn Jamaica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Northeastern Mexico ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_knots 161 ⓘ
maximumSustainedWinds_mph 185 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 888 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_mbar 888 ⓘ
nameReplacedWith Gordon ⓘ
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nameRetiredInSeason 1988 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
notableFor rapid intensification in the western Caribbean Sea ⓘ
severe wind damage in Jamaica ⓘ
widespread flooding ⓘ
originatedNear Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
partOf 1988 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
reachedCategory5On 1988-09-13 ⓘ
record lowest central pressure in the Atlantic at the time ⓘ
most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time ⓘ
remnantsAffected Midwestern United States ⓘ
remnantsCaused tornado outbreaks in Texas and the U.S. Gulf Coast ⓘ
stormSurge_ft 19 ⓘ
stormSurge_m 5.8 ⓘ
surpassedPreviousRecordOf Hurricane Allen ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Gilbert
trackedBy National Hurricane Center ⓘ
year 1988 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Hurricane Gilbert 1988 flood → hasCause → Hurricane Gilbert ⓘ
Hurricane Wilma → comparedWith → Hurricane Gilbert ⓘ
Hurricane Gilbert → surpassedPreviousRecordOf → Hurricane Allen ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Gilbert