A Beautiful and Dangerous History

Author: Peter Aldhous published on New Scientist

Hurricanes are serious business, but Peter Aldhous' latest viz showing the history of named hurricanes from 1990-2010 makes them look positively gorgeous. The marks show the winding paths of the storms and are sized by maximum wind speed.

About this Viz

When you're done geeking out over how nicely the labels are formatted, use the Year slider in the bottom of the viz to view different years.