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Hurricane Iselle

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP This article is about the Pacific storm in 2014. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Iselle (disambiguation). Hurricane Iselle Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) Hurricane Iselle at peak intensity with annular characteristics on August 4 Formed July 31, 2014 Dissipated August 11, 2014 ( Remnant low after August 9 ) Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h) Lowest pressure 947 mbar (hPa); 27.96 inHg Fatalities 1 direct Damage > $148 million (2014 USD) Areas affected Hawaii Part of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season Hurricane Iselle was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii in recorded history. The eleventh named storm of the annual hurricane season, Iselle developed from an area of disturbed weather southwest of Mexico on July 31, 2014. Assuming a west-northwest course that it would maintain throughout its existence, generally favorable atmospheric conditions allowed for gradual stren

Communist Party of Great Britain

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Communist Party of Great Britain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about the organisation active from 1920 to 1991. For other British communist organisations, see Communist Party of Great Britain (disambiguation). Communist Party of Great Britain General Secretary Albert Inkpin (first) Nina Temple (last) Founded 31 July 1920 [1] Dissolved 23 November 1991 [2] Preceded by British Socialist Party Communist Unity Group South Wales Socialist Society Communist Labour Party Communist Party (BSTI) Succeeded by Democratic Left [3] [4] Communist Party of Britain Membership 60,000 (peak; 1945) [5] 4,742 (dissolution; 1991) [6] Ideology Communism Marxism–Leninism Political position Far-left International affiliation Comintern Colours           Red and Yellow Politics of United Kingdom Political parties Elections The Communist Party of Great Britain ( CPGB ) was the largest communist party in Great Britai