Chattanooga is home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and Chattanooga State Community College.
The Sunshine State has been pummeled by dozens of tropical storm systems since the 1950s -- none worse than Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The Category 5 hurricane with gusts of more than 200 mph held the title as the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Severe freezes have been disastrous for Florida farming on multiple occasions.
Share |. As we say goodbye to 2010, AccuWeather.com takes a look at the unusual and extreme weather events that hit the United States over the past year. Worldwide, 295,000 people were killed in natural disasters in 2010, according to Munich Re, the world's top reinsurer.n March 13, the first storm slammed the East Coast and left hundreds of thousands without power. Up to 10 inches of rain was reported in parts of New England and New Jersey. The second storm hit two weeks later, when another nor'easter dumped more rain on the Northeast.