Hurricane Wilma was the twenty-first hurricane named storm. It was the 12^th hurricane of the season and then third category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic Season. Wilma formed October 15, 2005 and it dissipated October 25, 2005. It really became a hurricane on October 18, 2005. Wilma set records for strength and seasonal activity. It was the most intense hurricane to be recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Wilma made several contacts with the land. It effected the Yuncatan Peninusla of Mexico, Cuba, and the U.S. state of Florida the most. It has been reported that Wilma has token 62 lives, four people in Cuba, twelve in Haiti, one in Jamaica, eight in Mexico, thirty-five in Florida, and two that aren’t reported. The damage was estimated at $16 billion dollars to $20 billion dollars. The cost that Wilma cost the U.S. was $12.2 billion dollars. Wilma not only affected the places that she hit, but also she affected eleven countries with either rainfall or winds. That is the most recorded in Hurricane history. Wilma’s winds were a little slower than 196 mph, which implied by an 8 on the Dvorak scale. It’s winds were 185 mph which is very fast for a hurricane. Mudslides, flooding, extreme winds, islands being washed away, and rainfall exceeding more than 23 inches, were all causes from the very powerful Hurricane Wilma.

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