Hurricanes are a strong force of nature. Many have seen the toll they can take on people, homes and land, but there are a few things you may not know about the storms, and they’re pretty intriguing.

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Super Typhoon Goni smashed into the Philippines late Sunday with one-minute sustained winds to 195 mph and even higher gusts. This makes it not only the strongest tropical cyclone of the year, but ever on record to hit land anywhere in the world. The previous world record holders were Super Typhoons Haiyan and Meranti, both of which also struck the Philippines. Electrical poles are toppled due to strong winds from Typhoon Goni in Daet, Camarines Norte province, central Philippines, Sunday Nov. 1, 2020. (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines via AP) (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines)

India Our Atlantic Hurricane Season may have gotten off to an early start with Tropical Storm Arthur, but a much, much more powerful storm is underway on the other side of the world. But the greatest threat Cyclone Amphan brings is not necessarily its winds, but its potentially catastrophic storm surge. To compound the problem, the shallow Bay of Bengal and geography of the coast along India and Bangladesh make the region very vulnerable to storm surge. Current estimates are that 13-16 feet of storm surge may occur along somewhere near the India/Bangladesh border. The deadliest tropical cyclone in world history occurred in the Bay of Bengal in 1970, when the cataclysmic Bhola Cyclone made landfall in Bangladesh, killing an estimated 300,000 - 500,000 people.