Hurricane Chris

At no 20 in the world's worst hurricanes (as at 2009)

We include Hurricane Chris on this list of the world's worst hurricanes not for sheer destructive force, but simply to start off with an example that should help to prove a number of points: First, that a hurricane can strike, even during a season as relatively uneventful as the Atlantic hurricane season of 1994, second, that severity does not always equate to destruction, and third, that hurricane preparation is always important.

Hurricane Chris wound up doing far less damage than expected, thanks to a combination of hurricane tracking and preparedness, and a stroke of luck (which does, in fact, come into play when dealing with hurricanes). Hurricane Chris - Read Full Story