Recapping the 2005 hurricane season

Many folks might like to forget the 2005 hurricane season, which was a record one. It not only exhausted all names set aside for the season, it went into the Greek alphabet.

But for those who want to refresh their memories on the storms and damages left behind, here's what occurred:

(Name of storm, maximum winds in mph, areas affected, damage estimate)

• Tropical Storm Arlene, 70 mph, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Florida, Alabama, $11.8 million damage

• Tropical Storm Bret, 40 mph, Central Mexico, $9 million damage

• Hurricane Cindy, 75 mph, Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, $320 million damage

• Hurricane Dennis, 150 mph, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio Valley, $4.6 million damage

• Hurricane Emily, 160 mph, Grenada, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Texas, $550 million damage

• Tropical Storm Franklin, 70 mph, Bahamas, Bermuda, Newfoundland, no damage reported

• Tropical Storm Gert, 45 mph, Central Mexico, $5 million damage

• Tropical Storm Harvey, 65 mph, Bermuda, no damage reported

• Hurricane Irene, 105 mph, no effects on land, no damage reported

• Tropical Storm Jose, 60 mph, Central Mexico, $45 million damage

• Hurricane Katrina, 175 mph, Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, $75 billion damage (costliest Atlantic hurricane in history)

• Tropical Storm Lee, 40 mph, no effects on land, no damage reported

• Hurricane Maria, 115 mph, Iceland, Scotland, Norway, no damage reported

• Hurricane Nate, 90 mph, Bermuda, no damage reported

• Hurricane Ophelia, 85 mph, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Canada, $70 million damage

• Hurricane Philippe, 80 mph, no effects on land, no damage reported

• Hurricane Rita, 180 mph, Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, $10 billion damage

• Hurricane Stan, 80 mph, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, up to $2 billion damage

• Tropical Storm Tammy, 50 mph, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, $30 million damage

• Hurricane Vince, 75 mph, Madeira Islands, Portugal, Spain, minimal damage reported

• Hurricane Wilma, 185 mph, Jamaica, Haiti, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Mexico, Southwest Florida (120 mph winds) and South Florida, Bahamas, Canada, $16 billion to $20 billion damage

• Tropical Storm Alpha, 50 mph, Haiti, Dominican Republic, no damage report available

• Hurricane Beta, 115 mph, San Andres and Providencia, Nicaragua, Honduras, no damage report available

• Tropical Storm Gamma, 50 mph, Lesser Antilles, Honduras, Belize, $18 million damage

• Tropical Storm Delta, 70 mph, Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, $143 million damage

• Hurricane Epsilon, 85 mph, no effects on land, no damage reported

• Tropical Storm Zeta, 65 mph, no effects on land, no damage reported