Hurricane Beta: A Compact and Intense Tropical Cyclone Impacting the Southwestern Caribbean in Late October 2005
Hurricane Beta, the twenty-fourth tropical storm, fourteenth hurricane, and seventh major hurricane of the remarkable 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, exhibited characteristics of a compact and intense tropical cyclone. This research article focuses on the formation, intensification, landfall, and impacts of Hurricane Beta, highlighting the affected areas, damages incurred, loss of life, and the subsequent recovery…