Major ENSO events were recorded in the years 1790 – 93, 1828, 1876 – 78, 1891, 1925 – 26, 1972 – 73, 1982 – 83, 1997 – 98 and 2009 – 2010, with 1997-1998 being one of the strongest ever.

In 2007, on 22 and 23 June, numerous tornadoes touched down, the largest of which was an F5 Tornado that devastated parts of Elie ( the strongest officially recorded tornado in Canada ).

In 2004 Cyclone Gafilo became the strongest cyclone ever recorded to hit Madagascar.

Also in 1999, Hurricane Lenny became the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in the month of November.

* 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 ( based on barometric pressure ).

But the strongest part of their defense was their secondary, led by All-AFL safeties Johnny Robinson and Bobby Hunt, who each recorded 10 interceptions, and defensive back Fred Williamson, who recorded 4.

* On December 26, 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia, when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region.

** The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand is hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand ( Magnitude 8. 1 on the Richter Scale ); there are five deaths.

The strongest Mistral wind recorded in Toulon was 130 kilometres an hour.

The strongest effect on Jacksonville was from Hurricane Dora in 1964, the only recorded storm to hit the First Coast with sustained hurricane force winds.

Although lower on the moment magnitude scale than the quake of September 2010, the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be VIII on the MMI and among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area due to the shallowness and proximity of the epicentre.

On November 5, 2011 a series of earthquakes struck near Prague, the first one a magnitude 4. 7 at 2: 15 AM CST, followed by a series of aftershocks, and then a second quake of magnitude 5. 6 at 10: 53 PM CST, the strongest recorded in Oklahoma history.

It was the strongest tornado ever recorded in Pennsylvania.

In 1959 many lives were lost as parts of Mie were devastated by the Ise-wan Typhoon, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history.

The strongest sonic boom ever recorded was 7, 000 Pa ( 144 pounds per square foot ) and it did not cause injury to the researchers who were exposed to it.

" The Spin Alternative Record Guide ( 1995 ) noted " a creative musical blend " on the album, but concluded that " the results feel like dress rehearsals for Gentlemen, with one partial exception, ' Conjure Me ,' and one absolute triumph: a surging final track ... that might be the Afghan Whigs ' strongest recorded performance.

On 11 March 2011, Japan suffered the strongest recorded earthquake in its history, affecting places in the northeast of Honshū, including the Tokyo area.

However, the dalliances with Bach on Windows and the pleasure of collaborating with Schoener resulted in perhaps Lord's most confident solo work and perhaps his strongest orchestral album, Sarabande, recorded in Germany in September 1975 with the Philharmonia Hungarica conducted by Schoener.

Chessmetrics calculates that Emanuel Lasker became the world's strongest player in mid-1890, and that he was in the top ten from the very beginning of his recorded career in 1889.

On 23 January 1855 the region was hit by the strongest earthquake recorded in New Zealand, which reached Magnitude 8. 2 on the Richter Scale.

Their strongest season was in 1956 when the Roughriders recorded a 10-6 record and won their first playoff series since 1951, only to lose to the Eskimos in the Western Finals.

Rand is an even stronger Ta ' veren than Artur Hawkwing ( widely regarded as the strongest Ta ' veren in recorded history ) and signs of this manifest wherever he stays-freakish deaths and laughably improbable accidents are common around wherever he happens to be, but are always balanced by unexpected good fortune of equal magnitude.

* 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.

* 2010 – Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6. 9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro Province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.

On August 27, 2009 there were six earthquakes, the strongest of which registering a 3. 7 magnitude on the Richter Scale, which occurred at 9: 09pm Central Standard Time.

On January 15, 2010 there were four earthquakes, the strongest of which registering a 4. 0 magnitude on the Richter Scale, which occurred at 9: 25am Central Standard Time.

Subduction zones are known to produce the strongest earthquakes on earth as their particular structure allows more stress to build up before energy is released.

During the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, Egan supervised and directed the state's response to the disaster, an earthquake that still remains one of the strongest earthquakes of the modern era.

This glow is strongest in the microwave region of the radio spectrum.

The Maritimes were among the strongest supporters of prohibition ( Prince Edward Island lasting until 1949 ), and some predominantly rural communities maintain " dry " status, banning the retail sale of alcohol to this day as a vestige of the original temperance movement in the region.

The term Pays Cathare, French meaning " Cathar Country " is used to highlight the Cathar heritage and history of the region where Catharism was traditionally strongest.

The Egyptian military is one of the strongest in the region, and gives Egypt regional military supremacy rivaled only by Israel, besides being one of the strongest in Africa.

The Egyptian Navy is known to be the strongest in the African continent, and the largest in the Middle East in spite of the rapid growth of other countries ' navies within the region.

The IMF forecast a growth of 7 % for Lebanon's real GDP in 2010 and 2011 following 9 % growth in 2009 and 8. 5 % in 2008 it has 54th richest GDP per capita in the world it is forecasted that Lebanon per capita will be 19, 100 by 2015 which makes it one of the strongest in the region.

* 2000 – The 2000 Baku Earthquake takes place, Richter magnitude of 7. 0, leaving 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan and becoming the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

To reduce the chances that a faster-moving ( and thus closer ) object be mistaken for the new planet, Tombaugh imaged each region near its opposition point, 180 degrees from the Sun, where the apparent retrograde motion for objects beyond Earth's orbit is at its strongest.

A striking example of the general pattern is the traditionally Catholic Emsland, where the Social Democrats generally gain a low percentage of votes, whereas the Reformed Protestant region of East Frisia directly to the north, with its strong traditional streak of anti-Catholism, is one of their strongest constituencies.

Burma has also become one of Israel's strongest allies in the region, in terms of both technical assistance and also the much debated and rumored military links.

Although the entire Appalachian region is known for its music, the region around Mount Airy, North Carolina and Galax, Virginia is one of the areas where this music has remained strongest, even among young people.

Although the entire Appalachian region is known for its music, the region around Mount Airy, North Carolina and Galax is one of the few areas of the United States where this music has remained strongest, even among young people.

" Amerindian groups in the Bering Strait region exhibit perhaps the strongest DNA or mitochondrial DNA relations to Siberian peoples.

During the Civil War, the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky, including Mayfield, was the area of strongest support for the Confederate cause.

Despite the activism, economic marginalization among indigenous groups remained high, and resentment strongest in the San Cristóbal region, along with migrants living in the Lacandon Jungle.

These churches have many followers in Småland, which is the party's politically strongest region.

The Persians in the region, and their allies, made for Sestos, the strongest town in the region, and the Athenians laid siege to them there.

The MPLA's military presence was strongest in Angolan cities, the coastal region and the strategic oil fields.