No. Wilma was the most intense Atlantic hurricane in terms of barometric pressure and was very one of the most destructive. But other hurricanes have been both deadlier and more destructive than Wilma.
Not really, although it had the lowest pressure ever recorded, it did not have the strongest winds nor was it the deadliest or most destructive.Hurricane Camille had the strongest winds.Hurricane was...
Not even close, in terms of strength. It is barely a category 3 as of the evening of the 25th. We'll see how it ranks in a few days after it rakes the East Coast.
By several measures, it was one of the worst. Directly killing 11,000 people does put it up there pretty high, though the damage totals weren't nearly as much as some others (Katrina and Andrew for...