World weather in 2005
The '''world [[weather]] in [[2005]]''' was a year of extremes,<ref>{{cite web|title=2005-A Year of Extremes |url=http://environment.AbOUT.com/od/environmentalevents/a/2005weather.htm |publisher=About.com |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> particularly in the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|Atlantic hurricane season]]. The year was also declared the hottest year on record worldwide at the time, according to records that date back to [[1886]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected U.S. City and State Extremes |url=http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/2002/january/januaryext2002.html |publisher=NOAA |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> The record was beaten in a last-minute temperature rise in [[2006]],<ref>{{cite web|title=NOAA REPORTS 2006 WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD |url=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2772.htm |publisher=NOAA |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> possibly because of [[global warming]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Race for the Title of Warmest Year on Record |url=http://weather.about.com/od/climatechange/a/HottestYears.htm |publisher=About.com |accessdate=2007-12-18}}</ref> The year was also declared the costliest for extreme weather.<ref>{{cite web|title= 2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1207-02.htm |publisher=CommonDreams.org News Center |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref>
Hurricane Katrina was possibly the most publicized weather-related event in 2005. There were also events of smaller scale, such as Air France Flight 358.
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==Important events==
===North America===
The Atlantic basin hurricane season in 2005 was the busiest on record, with a total of twenty-eight storms, beginning with [[Tropical Storm Arlene]] and ending with [[Tropical Storm Zeta]], which carried the hurricane season over to the year of [[2006]]. The season exhausted all of the storm names already set, so the names after V were from the [[Greek alphabet]] (i.e. [[Tropical Storm Alpha]] was the first storm in the Greek names). This was the first year for this process to be used.
====Hurricane Katrina====
[[Image:Hurricane Katrina August 28 2005 NASA.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hurricane Katrina]] near her peak strength on [[August 28]], [[2005]].]]
[[Hurricane Katrina]] was a category five hurricane on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]], and was considered the costliest and the second deadliest hurricane in the history of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=US Hurricane Katrina |url=http://www.ceca-raznatovic.com/public_html/hurricanekatrina.htm |work= |publisher=US News |date= |accessdate=2007-12-16 }}</ref>
Katrina formed over the [[Bahamas]] on [[August 23]], [[2005]] as Tropical Depression Twelve and continued across [[Florida]] as a category one hurricane, causing few deaths and [[flooding]]. The hurricane then entered the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and strengthened fiercely and rapidly, becoming one of the strongest hurricanes in history.
The hurricane weakened immediately before making two [[landfall|landfalls]] in southeast [[Louisiana]] and the [[Mississippi]]/[[Louisiana]] state border. The hurricane made landfall at category three status.
====Other category five hurricanes====
After Katrina, there were three other category five hurricanes: [[Hurricane Wilma|Wilma]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Tropical Storm Wilma Reaches Category 5 Status |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-114310774.html |publisher= HighBeam Research |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurricane Rita Reaches Category 5 Strength, Bears Down On US Gulf Coast |url=http://www.voanews.com/lao/archive/2005-09/2005-09-22-voa2.cfm |publisher= Voice of America News|}}</ref> and [[Hurricane Emily|Emily]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurricane Emily: Day-by-day recap |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/storm/2005/atlantic/emily/news.html |publisher=Palm Beach Post |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> Hurricane Emily did not make landfall in the United States. Thus, a record three category five hurricanes made landfall in the United States in the 2005 season.
====Blizzard====
In [[January 2005|January]], a major blizzard (the "blizzard of '05") struck the northern United States from the [[Great Lakes]] to [[New England]], with snow accumulating up to almost four feet in some areas. In [[Boston]], snow covered cars to the point where cones were placed on the hoods to ensure that nobody would attempt to park on top of them.<ref>{{cite news|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Blizzard of '05 |url=http://www.boston-online.com/cityviews/the_blizzard_of_05.html |work= |publisher=Boston Cityviews |date= |accessdate=2007-12-16 }}</ref> The blizzard affected many travel plans, from business to personal trips.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lessons Learned from the Blizzard of '05 |url=http://www.frommers.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@119.TCVZc6w2vYk%5E0@.eecb0f8 |publisher=Frommer's |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref>
===Asia===
In [[Asia]], 2005 was fairly calm in the field of [[weather]]. The only truly major developments in the area were the hurricanes of this year's season.
====Pacific basin hurricane season====
The Pacific hurricane season had remarkably less storms than the Atlantic season with only seventeen storms, starting with [[Hurricane Adrian (2005)|Hurricane Adrian]] and ending with [[Hurricane Otis]]. Out of these seventeen storms, fifteen were named, twelve were hurricanes, three were tropical storms, two were tropical depressions, and no hurricanes were category three or higher. The season started on [[May 15]], [[2005]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Climate of 2005 East Pacific Hurricane Season |url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2005/pachurricanes05.html#may |accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> and [[June 1]], [[2005]] for the central Pacific, and ended on [[November 30]], [[2005]]. No names were retired, thus this season was quiet.
===Africa===
[[Africa]] had a somewhat calm year. There were a few tropical developments, however, the continent's eastern region and surrounding ocean is often the birthplace of many Atlantic Ocean storms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Birthplace of hurricanes heating up |url=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0503-noaa.html |publisher=Mongabay.com |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref>
====South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season====
The 2005 [[2005-06 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season|cyclone season]] was very calm, with ten storms. Only five of the names were used this season. The season started on [[November 15]], [[2005]] and ended on [[April 30]], [[2006]]. The strongest storm was Intense Tropical Cyclone Carina, which was a category four storm. The storm formed on [[February 22]], and dissipated on [[March 11]], [[2005]].
===Europe===
[[Europe]] was also fairly calm in 2005. Since the continent often has [[rain|rainy weather]], flooding had become a problem at some times when there were extremely large amounts of rainwater.<ref name="About">{{cite web|title=Europe Climate - Historic Averages |url=http://goeurope.about.com/od/historicclimate/Europe_Climate_Historic_Averages.htm |publisher= About.com |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> Thus, there were no major events in the year of 2005. Also, due to the colder weather often found in the continent, occasionally rain turned into winter weather, sometimes causing deaths, damage to property, and power outages.<ref name="About"/>
===Oceania===
[[Oceania]], finally, also had an unusually quiet year. The only major problems were flooding and cyclones that made landfall on some of the continent's countries. Since many of the countries are small (excluding [[Australia]]), flooding had became a problem when cyclones hit.
====2004–05 cyclone season====
[[Image:Cyclone Ingrid 2005.jpg|thumb|[[Cyclone Ingrid]], the strongest storm of the 2004–2005 season]]
The 2004–2005 [[2004-05 Australian region cyclone season|cyclone season]] contained at total of ten storms, four of which were considered severe tropical cyclones. The first storm formed on [[August 31]], [[2003]], and the final storm dissipated on [[April 5]], [[2004]]. The strongest storm was [[Cyclone Ingrid|Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid]], which lasted from [[March 5]] to [[March 19]], [[2004]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Braces for Cyclone Ingrid |url=http://imaginativeworlds.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1793.html |publisher=Imaginative Worlds |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> The storm was a category four cyclone.
====2005–06 cyclone season====
The 2005–2006 [[2005-06 Australian region cyclone season|cyclone season]] was slightly busier than the previous year, with a category five storm. The season began in [[November 1]], [[2005]], and ended on [[April 30]], [[2006]]. The strongest storm was a category five cyclone, and its name was Glenda.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyclone Glenda (Australia), March 2006 |url=http://earth.esa.int/ew/cyclones/Cyclone_Glenda-mar06/ |publisher=ESA |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> The storm lasted from [[March 23]] to [[March 31]], [[2006]].
===Weather-related incidents===
There were two publicized, weather-related airplane crashes during 2005.
====Air France Flight 358====
[[Image:Air France Flight 358.jpg|thumb|The burnt wreckage of [[Air France Flight 358]].]]
[[Air France Flight 358]] departed [[Paris, France]], without incident on [[August 3]], [[2005]], scheduled to land at [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. En route, the plane was forced to make a [[crash landing]] at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]. All 297 passengers and 12 crew members survived the crash, with 43 injuries.<ref>{{cite news|title=All survive Air France jet crash and fire |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/02/toronto.crash/ |work= |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=[[August 3]], [[2005]] |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref> The crash was caused by a runway overrun.
====West Caribbean Airways Flight 708====
[[West Caribbean Airways Flight 708]] departed [[Panama City, Panama]], destined for [[Fort de France]], [[Martinique]]. The pilots reported trouble with one of the engines, and several minutes later, they reported trouble with the other engine. The pilots then sent a distress call at approximately 6:59 [[UTC]], and the plane crashed 46 minutes later, with a 7,000 feet per minute drop. All 160 people on the plane, 152 passengers and 8 crew members, died.<ref>{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Ellsworth |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Airline Crash in Venezuela Kills 160 |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4802464 |work= |publisher=NPR |date=[[August 16]], [[2005]] |accessdate=2007-12-20}}</ref>
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