Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Newsletter/Archive 30

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Tropical cyclone activity
2010 Atlantic hurricane season
2010 Pacific hurricane season
2010 Pacific typhoon season
2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
2009–10 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
2009–10 Australian region cyclone season
2009–10 South Pacific cyclone season

Tropical Storm Agatha was a weak, but destructive tropical storm that wreaked havoc in Central America, especially in Guatemala. In total, Agatha caused $1.56 billion (2010 USD) in damages and killed nearly 200 people with many more missing due to its flash floods and landslides, and ranks as one of the deadliest and costliest Pacific hurricanes on record.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

Members

New and improved articles
There were tow new pieces of Featured content: List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) and List of storms in the 2006 Pacific hurricane season.
Articles promoted to Good article status include: Tropical Storm Olaf (1997), Effects of Hurricane Floyd in New York, 1984 Atlantic hurricane season, 1910 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Sebastien (1995), Hurricane Douglas (2002), Hurricane Able (1950), Hurricane Fernanda (1993), Hurricane Tanya (1995), Hurricane Humberto (2001), Hurricane Carmen, Hurricane How (1951), and Hurricane Madeline (1976)

Upcoming seasons

Main Page content
One articles appeared on the main page as Today's Featured Article: Tropical Storm Barry (2007) on May 1.

Article statistics

Tropical cyclone articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	14	84	60			161
FL	1	4	32	43			80
FM					21		21
A		2	1				3
GA	10	65	400	650			1,125
B	11	32	61	62		1	167
C	10	103	257	283		2	655
Start	2	58	335	407		5	807
Stub		2	54	84			140
List		5	25	87	593	413	1,123
Category					956		956
Disambig					68		68
File					8		8
Portal					204		204
Project					97		97
Redirect		3	21	77	104		205
Template					470		470
NA					1		1
Other					5		5
Assessed	37	288	1,270	1,753	2,527	421	6,296
Unassessed						1	1
Total	37	288	1,270	1,753	2,527	422	6,297
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 10,249			Ω = 3.35

Project news
There has been a continued effort in articles on older Atlantic storms and seasons. User:12george1 has recently continued the long process of having an article for every season in HURDAT. User:Juliancolton worked to get 1910 Atlantic hurricane season to GA status, and he also improved the subsequent season to C-class. There are now only seven stub seasons in the 20th century. In addition to the very early seasons, User:Hurricanehink has been working to get 1950 Atlantic hurricane season featured, as well as a prospective featured topic.

Outside of the project, it has recently been hinted that the Atlantic best track will be extended back to 1750. Such an extension would include the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record (Great Hurricane of 1780), a possible Category 5 hurricane that struck Cuba and Florida (Great Havana Hurricane of 1846), and the 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane, which reportedly struck New Jersey and New York as a major hurricane.