andlt;strongandgt;Tropical storm Zetaandlt;/strongandgt; over the Atlantic Ocean on2nd January 2006. Zeta was the 27th named storm ofthe 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, extending thealready record-breaking season yet further. Theprevious record was held by 1933andamp;apos;s 21 namedstorms. Tropical storm Zeta formed on 30thDecember 2005 and became only the second tropicalstorm since records began to be active in the newyear, after hurricane Alice in 1954-5. The 2005season also contained a record 14 hurricanes, including Katrina, which destroyed the city of NewOrleans, USA, Stan, which caused over 1000 deathsin Central America, and Wilma, the most intenseAtlantic hurricane ever recorded. Image taken bythe MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite.
