Wilma

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Wilma was a catastrophic 2005 Atlantic hurricane that became one of the most intense on record, causing widespread destruction in the Caribbean and the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Wilma canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 2005 Atlantic hurricane season storm
Atlantic hurricane
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane
affectedRegion Bahamas
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Central America
Cuba
Florida
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Yucatán Peninsula
basin Atlantic Ocean
damageCategory catastrophic
damageCost $29 billion
29000000000 USD
developedFrom tropical depression in the western Caribbean Sea
dissipatedOn 2005-10-27
extratropicalRemnantsAffected Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
extratropicalTransitionDate 2005-10-26
fatalities 87
fatalitiesRange around 80 to 90
formedOn 2005-10-15
impactedCountry Cuba
Mexico
United States
impactedUSState Florida
Louisiana (indirectly)
landfallCountry Cuba
Mexico
United States
landfallRegion Cozumel, Mexico
linked to: Cozumel

Quintana Roo, Mexico
linked to: Quintana Roo

South Florida
Yucatán Peninsula
madeUSLandfallNear Cape Romano, Florida
minimumCentralPressure 26.05 inHg
882 mbar
name Wilma
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization
nameRetiredFor high death toll and extensive damage
notableFor extremely small pinhole eye at peak intensity
rapid intensification in the western Caribbean
widespread destruction in the Caribbean and the United States
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 an Atlantic hurricane
most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin
replacementName Whitney
retiredName Wilma
seasonActivityContext one of the most active and destructive Atlantic hurricane seasons on record
stormType Cape Verde-type hurricane (late-season Caribbean development)
transitionedTo extratropical cyclone
year 2005

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Dixie Lee givenName Wilma
Wilma Rudolph givenName Wilma
Vilma variantOf Wilma
Hurricane Wilma name Wilma
subject linked to: Wilma
Hurricane Wilma retiredName Wilma
subject linked to: Wilma