Empire Construction & Development Corp. Releases Increase in Hurricane Activity in the United States Infographic

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Jul 19, 2013, 21:30 ET

Sunrise, FL (PRWEB) July 19, 2013 -- Empire Construction & Development Corp, owner of HurricaneShuttersFlorida.com, a leader in the hurricane shutter and security shutter industry, has released a new infographic on the overall recent increase in hurricane activity in the United States.

Here are the important statistics from the infographic:

  • From 1990~ 2012, an average of 10 tropical cyclones reached tropical storm strength each year. Of those 10 tropical storms, an average of 6 became hurricanes, and of those hurricanes, 2 actually struck the U.S. coast.
  • 1983~2012, 66 hurricanes struck the US coast. (Sandy is not defined yet.)

Among these 66 hurricanes, 28 of them occurred in the last ten years. (42.42%)

  • On average, 1.91 hurricanes affect the US coast every year.

Avg. Max Wind Speed: ~98 MPH

  • The 20 highest recorded hurricane wind speeds happened in the last 20 years. (From 1983 to 2012), 9 of these happened in the last ten years.
  • The path of Atlantic hurricanes threats an estimated 36.2 million people.

The path of Atlantic hurricanes stretches from North Carolina to Texas.
Approximately 12% of the nation’s population lived in these areas in 2009.

  • Since 1878, about six to seven hurricanes have formed in the North Atlantic every year.

Roughly 2 per year make landfall in the US. All three curves have been smoothed using a five-year average, plotted at the middle year. The most recent average (2007-2011) is plotted at 2009.

  • According to the Total Annual Accumulated Cyclone Energy Index, Cyclone intensity has risen noticeably over the past 20 years. 6 of the 10 most active years have occurred since the mid-1990s. Relatively high levels of cyclone activity were also seen during the 1950s-1960s.
  • 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 1 - November 30)

10 hurricanes:
2 major hurricanes : Issac, Sandy (Most of the damage was done)
19 tropical storms
19 tropical cyclones

  • This season tied 2011, 2010, 1995, 1887 for the 3rd most active season in history.

Total damage was estimated at $76.8 billion and 322 people were killed.

  • Every year, hurricanes account for an average of 60 injuries and 17 deaths in the US.

To put these numbers in context, they constitute only 0.05% of the 2,367,000 deaths that occurred each year in the US, averaged over 1993-2006. Thus, hurricanes contribute, on average, about 0.006% to total US mortality.

  • Hurricane deaths and death rates declined by 82% and 05%, respectively. These estimates use data from the National Hurricane Center(NHC) provided in Blake et al. (2007) which has 1,525 deaths for 2005, the year of Katrina.

These are some of the data points from the new infographic about the recent increase in hurricane activity in the United States. If you are looking for hurricane protection visit: http://www.HurricaneShuttersFlorida.com.

Infographic was designed by Blue Polo Interactive.

Michael Joiner, Hurricane Shutters Florida, http://www.hurricaneshuttersflorida.com, 954-474-3557, [email protected]