Weather of 2014

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A cold wave affected North America from January to April, causing US$5 billion in damage.{{cite news|title=Cost of the cold: 'polar vortex' spell cost US economy $5bn|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/09/polar-vortex-cost-us-economy-5bn|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|date=9 January 2014 |access-date=9 January 2014}}

In January, Cyclone Christina, a European windstorm, caused three fatalities and €375 million in damage across western Europe.{{cite news|title=January 2014Global Catastrophe Recap|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20140205_if_january_global_recap.pdf|access-date=2 March 2014|newspaper=AON Benfield, Impact forecasting|date=6 February 2014}}

In April, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 people.{{Cite news|date=18 April 2015|title=Everest avalanche: Tributes paid to victims one year on|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32364166|access-date=26 January 2022}}

In November, a cold wave affected North America, and a series of winter storms killed 29 people.{{cite web|title=Winter Storm Astro: Four Killed on Icy Roads in Minnesota; Feet of Snow Fall in Wisconsin and Michigan|last=Breslin|first=Sean|url=http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-astro-latest-news-20141112|date=18 November 2014|accessdate=19 November 2014|publisher=The Weather Channel, LLC}}{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-bozeman-state-state-impacts-20141116|title=Winter Storm Bozeman Impacts: At Least 11 Dead From Weather-Related Traffic Accidents|accessdate=19 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119061135/http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-bozeman-state-state-impacts-20141116|archive-date=19 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/23/us/winter-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2|title=Be ready for flooding, Cuomo tells the Buffalo area - CNN.com|author1=Ralph Ellis|author2=Ed Payne|date=23 November 2014|work=CNN}}

Dubuque, Iowa had its coldest year on record in 2014.[https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2014-cold-midwest-east-warm-california-noaa 2014 Was One Of Coldest Years in Mississippi Valley; Record Hottest in California, Desert Southwest, Alaska: NOAA], The Weather Channel, January 8, 2015

{{category see also|2014 wildfires}}

In April, wildfires in Chile killed 15 people.{{cite web |url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/desastres-naturales/incendios-forestales/jefe-de-zona-de-catastrofe-confirmo-13-fallecidos-por-incendios-en-valparaiso/2014-04-14/155228.html |title=Jefe de zona de catástrofe confirmó 13 fallecidos por incendios en Valparaíso |publisher=Radio Cooperativa|accessdate=14 April 2014|language=Spanish|location=Santiago, Chile}}

A heat wave affected Sweden in July and culminated in the country's largest wildfire in 40 years, causing one death.{{cite news |first=Anna |last=Molin |date=5 August 2014 |title= One Dead as Sweden's Forest Fire Rages On / About 1,000 People Have Been Evacuated From Their Homes |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-evacuated-one-dead-as-swedens-forest-fire-rages-on-1407230183 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company |access-date=6 August 2014}}

Also in July, the Carlton Complex Fire became Washington's largest single wildfire.{{cite web|last1=Kershner|first1=Jim|title=Carlton Complex Fire|url=http://www.historylink.org/File/10989|website=HistoryLink|access-date=23 December 2017|date=10 December 2014}}

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In March, a landslide in the U.S. state of Washington killed 43 people.

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In May, floods in southeast Europe killed at least 86 people, with damage estimated at €3.5 billion.{{cite news|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2014&mm=07&dd=09&nav_category=16&nav_id=874410 |title=MUP: 57 stradalih u poplavama |publisher=B92 }}{{Cite web|title=Landmines pose threat after Bosnia floods|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/5/23/landmines-pose-threat-after-bosnia-floods|access-date=26 January 2022|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.24sata.hr/uzivo/posavina-evakuirano-3000-ljudim-dvoje-ljudi-je-nestalo-367174 |title=U Posavini evakuirano je tijekom noći oko 3000 ljudi, a dvoje iz Rajeva Sela se smatra nestalima. Premijer je obećao obnovu kuća. Velika je solidarnost okolnih mjesta |work=24sata.hr |author1=Franjo Lepan |author2=Željko Garmaz |author3=Željko Grgurinović |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518172240/http://www.24sata.hr/uzivo/posavina-evakuirano-3000-ljudim-dvoje-ljudi-je-nestalo-367174 |archive-date=18 May 2014 }}{{cite web|title=U Hrvatskoj pronađena druga žrtva poplava|url=http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/u-hrvatskoj-pronadena-druga-zrtva-poplava|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=19 May 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.evz.ro/prima-victima-a-inundatiilor-un-barbat-din-vrancea-a-murit-.html |title=Prima victimă a INUNDAȚIILOR. Un bărbat din Vrancea a murit [First victim of flooding. A man in Vrancea dies]|newspaper=Evenimentul Zilei |author=Alexandra Ciliac |date=17 May 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.gazetaoltului.ro/gazeta-new/eveniment/b-rbat-disp-rut-62227263551d4c3987dfc90f8a7c7716 |title=Bărbat dispărut, găsit decedat |newspaper=Gazeta Oltului |author=Cătălin Fircoiu |date=4 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195338/http://www.gazetaoltului.ro/gazeta-new/eveniment/b-rbat-disp-rut-62227263551d4c3987dfc90f8a7c7716 |archive-date=25 May 2014 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/externe/2014/05/16/ploi-torentiale-in-balcani-si-europa-centrala-soldate-cu-cel-putin-sase-morti-19-10-01 |title=Inundații în Balcani și Europa Centrală soldate cu cel puțin șase morți [Floods in the Balkans and Central Europe result in at least six deaths] |newspaper=Agerpres |author=Mihaela Moise |date=16 May 2014}}Lisa Stadtherr et al.: Record Balkan floods of 2014 linked to planetary wave resonance. Science Advances 2, No. 2, 2016, {{doi|10.1126/sciadv.1501428}}

In June, floods affected Bulgaria, killing 16 people.{{Cite web|last=Дневник|date=20 June 2014|title=След трагедията във Варна – 11 жертви, в Добрич – 1 (хронология)|url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/morski/2014/06/20/2327294_sled_tragediiata_vuv_varna_-_11_jertvi_v_dobrich_-_1/|access-date=26 January 2022|website=Dnevnik|language=bg}}{{Cite web|last=Дневник|date=20 June 2014|title=Наводненията в Добрич са взели с две жертви по-малко, във Варна загиналите вече са 11|url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2014/06/20/2328138_navodneniiata_v_dobrich_sa_vzeli_s_dve_jertvi_po-malko/|access-date=26 January 2022|website=Dnevnik|language=bg}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27935436|title=Flood killed 10 people in Bulgaria|publisher=BBC News|date=20 June 2014}}[http://bigstory.ap.org/article/12-die-flooding-bulgaria-after-heavy-rain 12 DIE IN FLOODING IN BULGARIA AFTER HEAVY RAIN (Reuters, June 20, 2014)]{{cite web|title=Two children drowned near the village of Tsani Ginchevo|url=http://www.vesti.bg/temi-v-razvitie/tema-bedstviia-sled-prolivnite-dyzhdove/dve-deca-se-udaviha-kraj-s.-cani-ginchevo-6015542|publisher=Vesti.BG|accessdate=24 June 2014}} Also in June, floods in Afghanistan killed 73 people.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27745771#TWEET1150212 | title=Afghanistan flash flood kills dozens in Baghlan province | work=BBC | date=7 June 2014 | accessdate=7 June 2014}} June floods in Western Canada caused over C$1 billion in damage.{{cite web|publisher=CBC|date=10 July 2014|accessdate=10 July 2014|title=Flood of 2014 a $1B hit for Manitoba farmers: KAP|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/flood-of-2014-a-1b-hit-for-manitoba-farmers-kap-1.2702848}}

In July, a period of heavy rainfall caused a landslide in western India that killed 151 people.{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/malin-village-landslide-disaster-toll-climbs/article6283367.ece?ref=sliderNews | title=Malin landslide toll mounts to 136 | work=The Hindu | date=5 August 2014 | accessdate=5 August 2014}}

In August, heavy rainfall led to a landslide in Nepal, killing 156 people and blocking the Sunkoshi river to form an artificial lake in Sindhupalchok District.{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=80158|title=Downstream areas to be announced flood crisis zone|publisher=myrepublica.com|accessdate=2 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Landslides+block+Sunkoshi+River%E2%80%9A+locals+being+evacuated&NewsID=422977&a=3|title=The Himalayan Times : Landslides block Sunkoshi River' locals being evacuated – Detail News : Nepal News Portal|publisher=thehimalayantimes.com|accessdate=8 August 2014}} Also in the month, a landslide in Japan following heavy rainfall killed 74 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/www/contents/0000000000000/1408505551506/files/gouusaigai.pdf|title=「平成26年8月20日の豪雨災害」への対応について（12月26日9時現在）|publisher=Hiroshima City|date=26 December 2014|accessdate=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226093848/http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/www/contents/0000000000000/1408505551506/files/gouusaigai.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead}}

In September, flooding affected India and Pakistan, killing 557 people.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/floodfuryhitsjk/kashmir-cut-off-phones-down-roads-submerged/article1-1261607.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140909042958/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/floodfuryhitsjk/kashmir-cut-off-phones-down-roads-submerged/article1-1261607.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2014 |title=Kashmir floods: phones down, roads submerged; toll touches 200, rescue ops on |newspaper= Hindustan Times |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/world/asia/hundreds-dead-in-flooding-in-india-and-pakistan.html|title= India and Pakistan Strain as Flooding Kills Hundreds |newspaper= The New York Times|date=8 September 2014 |access-date=9 September 2014}}

In October, monsoonal rainfall caused a landslide in Sri Lanka, killing 16 people.{{cite web | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/three-killed-over-150-missing-in-sri-lanka-landslide/article21361176/ | title=Ten killed, over 250 missing in Sri Lanka landslide | work=The Globe and Mail | date=29 October 2014 | accessdate=29 October 2014 | agency=Reuters}}

In December, heavy rainfall in Indonesia caused a landslide on Java that killed 93 people.{{Cite web|date=24 March 2015|title=Death toll from Indonesian mudslide at 56 as rain halts victims search|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/death-toll-from-indonesian-mudslide-at-56-as-rain-halts-victims-search|access-date=26 January 2022|website=Associated Press|language=en-US}}

{{main|Tornadoes of 2014}}

During the year, there were at least of 881 tornadoes in the United States alone, collectively resulting in 47 deaths.{{Cite web|title=Tornadoes – Annual 2014 | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/tornadoes/201413|access-date=26 January 2022|website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov}}{{cite web|title=Annual U.S. Killer Tornado Statistics|url=http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fatalmap.php?yr=2014#tmap|website=Storm Prediction Center|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206122435/http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/fatalmap.php?yr=2014#tmap|url-status=live}} An outbreak in April killed 35 people and left over US$1 billion in damage.{{cite web|author=Jeff Masters|publisher=Weather Underground|date=1 May 2014|access-date=3 May 2014|title=April 27 – 30 Severe Weather Outbreak: 39 Dead, $1 Billion+ in Damage|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2674|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503083354/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2674|archive-date=3 May 2014}}

In April, a tornado in Brazil killed one person.{{Cite web |url=http://auonline.com.br/web/noticia.php?id=6004%7Cpassagem-de-tornado-provoca-fatos-curiosos-em-erebango |title=AU Online | Passagem de tornado provoca fatos curiosos em Erebango |access-date=10 November 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028074008/http://auonline.com.br/web/noticia.php?id=6004%7Cpassagem-de-tornado-provoca-fatos-curiosos-em-erebango |url-status=live }} In July, tornadoes in Australia killed two people.{{cite web| url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/bom-confirms-tornado-in-perths-south/story-fni0xqi4-1226988611249 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140717192200/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/bom-confirms-tornado-in-perths-south/story-fni0xqi4-1226988611249 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 July 2014 | title=Unknown}}

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{{see also|Tropical cyclones in 2014}}

As the year began, Cyclone Christine was dissipating over Western Australia,{{cite web| url=http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/pdf/christine.pdf | access-date=2023-10-31 | title=Severe Tropical Cyclone Christine}} and Cyclone Bejisa was moving toward the Mascarene Islands in the south-west Indian Ocean.{{Cite web|title=IBTrACS – International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship|url=http://ibtracs.unca.edu/index.php?name=v04r00-2013362S09053|access-date=26 January 2022|website=ibtracs.unca.edu}} Throughout the year, a further 15 tropical cyclones developed or moved into the south-west Indian Ocean.{{Cite web|title=Southern Hemisphere 2013–2014 Tropical Cyclone Season Review|url=http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2014/summ2013-2014.htm|access-date=26 January 2022|website=australiasevereweather.com}}{{Cite web|title=Southern Hemisphere 2014–2015 Tropical Cyclone Season Review|url=http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2015/summ2014-2015.htm|access-date=26 January 2022|website=australiasevereweather.com}} Among these were Cyclone Hellen, which in April became one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded in the Mozambique Channel, with winds of 230 km/h (145 mph) and a barometric pressure of 925 mbar (hPa; 27.32 inHg). Hellen killed eight people along its path.{{Cite journal|last1=Colomb|first1=Adrien|last2=Kriat|first2=Tarik|last3=Leroux|first3=Marie-Dominique|date=July 2019|title=On the Rapid Weakening of Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Hellen (2014)|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02187742|journal=Monthly Weather Review|volume=147|issue=8|pages=2717–2737|doi=10.1175/MWR-D-18-0309.1|bibcode=2019MWRv..147.2717C |s2cid=197472921 |doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|title=IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship|url=http://ibtracs.unca.edu/index.php?name=v04r00-2014086S10041|access-date=26 January 2022|website=ibtracs.unca.edu}}{{cite web|publisher=AllAfrica|date=30 March 2014|access-date=31 March 2014|location=Maputo, Mozambique|title=Mozambique: Four Dead in Torrential Rains in Pemba|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201403310488.html}}{{cite web|work=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=1 April 2014|access-date=1 April 2014|title=Tropical Depression Hellen overview (as of 1 April 2014)|url=http://reliefweb.int/map/madagascar/tropical-depression-hellen-overview-1-april-2014}} In the Australian region, there were 16 tropical cyclones during the year following Cyclone Christine, including powerful Cyclone Gillian, which disrupted the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370,{{cite news|author=Lee Shi-Ian |newspaper=The Malaysian Insider |date=23 March 2014 |access-date=24 March 2014 |title=Cyclone forces cancellation of aircraft sorties from Subang |url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cyclone-forces-cancellation-of-aircraft-sorties-from-subang |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325122532/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cyclone-forces-cancellation-of-aircraft-sorties-from-subang |url-status=dead }} and Cyclone Ita, which left more than A$1.1 billion (US$1 billion) in damage in northeastern Australia.{{cite web|publisher=AON Benfield|year=2014|access-date=26 December 2014|title=April 2014 Global Catastrophe Recap|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/Documents/20140507_if_april_global_recap.pdf}} There were 19 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, including powerful Cyclone Ian which moved near Tonga, killing one person.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/01/powerful-cyclone-rips-through-tonga-islands-201411264930152149.html|title = Cyclone rips through Tonga}} There were also two short-lived subtropical depressions in the South Atlantic Ocean.{{cite web|url=http://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/meteo/prev/meteoro/boletiming.htm |publisher=Navy Hydrography Center/Brazilian Navy |access-date=21 February 2014 |date=20 February 2014 |title=Weather and Sea Bulletin Referent Analysis 1200 UTC for 20 Feb 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083833/http://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/meteo/prev/meteoro/boletiming.htm |archive-date=8 February 2015 }}{{cite web|publisher=CPTEC – INPE|date=28 March 2014|title=Análise Sinótica – 28/03/2014|url=http://www.cptec.inpe.br/~rupload/arquivo/analise_28032014.pdf|language=pt|access-date=7 January 2015}}{{cite web|publisher=Navy Hydrography Center|date=28 March 2014|title=Meteoromarinha referente à análise de 1200 HMG – 28/mar/2014|url=https://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/meteo/prev/iac/P14032812.iac|language=pt|access-date=7 January 2015}}

In the northern hemisphere, activity began on 2 January when a depression formed near Sri Lanka. There were a further eight tropical cyclones to form in the year in the north Indian Ocean, including Cyclone Hudhud, a powerful cyclone that struck India in October. Hudhud left {{Indian Rupee|link=yes}}219 billion (US$3.58 billion) in damage and killed 124 people, including 43 in Nepal related to snowstorms and avalanches.{{cite web|url=https://rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/uploads/report/27/27_4e1280_rsmc-2014.pdf | access-date=2023-10-31 | title=REPORT ON CYCLONIC DISTURBANCES OVER NORTH INDIAN OCEAN DURING 2014}}{{cite news|title=Cyclone Hudhud caused Rs 21,908 crore loss, agriculture sector worst hit: Andhra government|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-cyclone-hudhud-caused-rs-21908-crore-loss-agriculture-sector-worst-hit-andhra-government-2045435|accessdate=6 February 2015|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=19 December 2014}}{{cite news|title=Death toll in Nepal's worst trekking disaster reaches 43|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nepal-hikers-idUSKCN0IA1XU20141021|website=www.reuters.com|date=21 October 2014 |agency=Reuters|accessdate=22 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cyclone-Hudhud-2-killed-in-Odisha-68000-people-moved-to-safer-places/articleshow/44790207.cms|title=Cyclone Hudhud: 2 killed in Odisha, 68,000 people moved to safer places|work=Times of India|date=12 October 2014|accessdate=12 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cyclone-hudhud-heavy-rains-kill-18-uttar-pradesh-223195-2014-10-15|title=Cyclone Hudhud impact: Heavy rain kills 18 in Uttar Pradesh|publisher=India Today|date=15 October 2014|accessdate=15 October 2014}} In the north-west Pacific Ocean, Tropical Storm Lingling formed on 10 January the first of 32 tropical cyclones to form in the basin that year.{{Cite web|title=Northern Hemisphere 2014 Tropical Cyclone Season Review|url=http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2015/summ2014.htm|access-date=26 January 2022|website=australiasevereweather.com}} Lingling killed 70 people in the Philippines.{{Cite web|title=NDRRMC Update: Final Report re Effects of Tropical Depression 'Agaton' – Philippines|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/ndrrmc-update-final-report-re-effects-tropical-depression-agaton|access-date=26 January 2022|website=ReliefWeb|date=20 January 2014 |language=en}} The deadliest and costliest typhoon of the season was Typhoon Rammasun, which affected the Philippines, China, and Vietnam, causing 225 fatalities and over US$8 billion in damage.{{cite report |url=http://ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1293/Effects_of_Typhoon_Glenda_%28RAMMASUN%29_Final_Report_16SEP2014.pdf |type=Final Report |title=Effects of Tropical Storm Glenda |publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |date=23 October 2014 |access-date=6 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223142911/http://ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/1293/Effects_of_Typhoon_Glenda_%28RAMMASUN%29_Final_Report_16SEP2014.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2015 |url-status=live |pages=12, 13, 43, 44, 45 }}{{Cite web|last=Tuesday|first=22 July 2014 03:29 pm MYT|title=Typhoon Rammasun kills 27 in Vietnam | Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2014/07/22/typhoon-rammasun-kills-27-in-vietnam/711873|access-date=26 January 2022|website=www.malaymail.com|date=22 July 2014 |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.typhooncommittee.org/9IWS/DOCS/Members%20Report/China/member_report_china_20141018.pdf

|title=Member Report: China|website=CMA|publisher=China Meterelogical Agency|access-date=18 October 2014}} In the north-east Pacific Ocean, there were 23 tropical cyclones, including 16 hurricanes. The costliest Pacific hurricane in the year was Hurricane Odile, which struck the Baja California peninsula, with a damage total of MXN$16.6 billion (US$1.25 billion).{{cite news|title=Aseguradores pagaron 16,600 mdp por daños del huracán Odile|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/sectorfinanciero/Ascienden-a-16600-mdp-costos-por-huracan-Odile--20141210-0057.html|access-date=28 February 2015|newspaper=El Economista|language=es|date=10 December 2014|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Albarrán|trans-title=Insurers paid 16,600 MDP for Hurricane Odile damages }} The Atlantic hurricane season was quiet, with only nine tropical cyclones. Two hurricanes – Fay and Gonzalo – struck Bermuda within a one-week period.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL082014_Gonzalo.pdf | access-date=2023-10-31 | title=HURRICANE GONZALO | publisher=National Hurricane Center}} There was also a storm in the Mediterranean, Cyclone Qendresa, that had tropical characteristics, which killed three people in Italy and left over €200 million (US$250 million) in damage.{{cite web|title=November 2014 Global Catastrophe Recap|url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com/documents/20141204_if_november_global_recap.pdf|work=Aon Benfield|date=3 December 2014|accessdate=2 December 2017|page=5}}

In November, a hailstorm affected the Australian city of Brisbane, causing A$1.1 billion worth of damage.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-14/brisbane-super-storm-damage-bill-tops-1-billion/6092338 |title=Brisbane super storm damage bill tops $1 billion |author=Maria Hatzakis |access-date=18 February 2015 |date=14 February 2015 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}

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