Hurricane prep: Are you smarter than a storm tracker? Take our quiz

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Hurricane Irene is one of the biggest hurricanes to hit the US East Coast in years. But how much do you know about these powerful storms?

- Jacob Turcotte, Staff writer

Wilma formed near Jamaica in October and quickly became a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 m.p.h. It hammered Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and and Florida, causing 62 deaths and almost $30 billion in damage. But it didn't cause as much damage as another 2005 hurricane, Katrina.

Wilma formed near Jamaica in October and quickly became a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 m.p.h. It hammered Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and and Florida, causing 62 deaths and almost $30 billion in damage. But it didn't cause as much damage as another 2005 hurricane, Katrina.

Wilma formed near Jamaica in October and quickly became a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 m.p.h. It hammered Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and and Florida, causing 62 deaths and almost $30 billion in damage. But it didn't cause as much damage as another 2005 hurricane, Katrina.

Wilma formed near Jamaica in October and quickly became a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 m.p.h. It hammered Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and and Florida, causing 62 deaths and almost $30 billion in damage. But it didn't cause as much damage as another 2005 hurricane, Katrina.

1. Which storm was the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic basin?

Hurricane Wilma (2005)
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Hurricane Isabel (2003)
Hurricane Andrew (1992)

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