Several hurricanes struck Florida, U.S. in 2004 and 2005 causing widespread damage to urban and rural areas. We measured the impacts of five of these hurricanes on the urban forest and combined these results with four other hurricanes to present an assessment of wind resistance for southeastern United States coastal plain tree species. Urban forest loss was positively correlated with wind speed...

The resilience capacity of vegetation in the Yucatan Peninsula is influenced by winds and rains tropical cyclones. There are no recent long-term studies on cyclonic impacts natural region despite their significant effects infrastructure biodiversity. objective this study was to identify area impacted 21 cyclones between 2000 2012 quantify recovery using standardized anomalies normalized index (...

The Atlantic major hurricanes during the period of 1995–2005 are examined using best-track data, aircraft-based observations of central pressure, and infrared (IR) satellite images. There were 45 Atlantic major hurricanes (Saffir–Simpson category 3 or higher) during this 11-yr period, which is well above the long-term average. Descriptive statistics (e.g., average, variability, and range) of va...