In the mid-nineteenth century, the German geologist, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, named the trade and communication network Die Seidenstrasse (the Silk Road), and the term, also used in the plural, continues to stir imaginations with its evocative mystery.
Hurricane Emily (1993) Hurricane Emily in 1993 caused record flooding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina while remaining just offshore. The fifth named storm and first hurricane of the year's hurricane season, Emily developed from a tropical wave northeast of the Lesser Antilles on August 22. It moved northwestward and strengthened into a tropical storm on August 25, after becoming nearly stationary southeast of Bermuda.
While it lacked power, Iselle was the first tropical storm to hit Hawaii in 22 years. Hurricanes or tropical storms had directly hit Hawaii only three times since 1950, and the last time was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in Kauai.hile it lacked power, Iselle was the first tropical storm to hit Hawaii in 22 years. Hurricanes or tropical storms had directly hit Hawaii only three times since 1950, and the last time was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in Kauai.