What is Hurricane Beta?
{{Unreferenced|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Beta | Type=hurricane | Year=2005 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hurricane Beta 29 oct 2005 1840Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Beta on October 29 | Formed=October 26, 2005 | Dissipated=October 31, 2005 | 1-min winds=100 | Pressure=962 | Damages= | Inflated= | Fatalities=None reported | Areas=[[Colombia]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Honduras]] | Hurricane season=[[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Beta''' was the twenty-third named storm, fourteenth hurricane, and seventh major hurricane of the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]]. It formed in the southwestern part of the [[Caribbean Sea]] on October 26 and made landfall on the eastern coast of [[Nicaragua]] on October 30 as a strong [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 2]] hurricane. Although Beta did create a lot of damage, it was somehow less than originally expected. ==Storm history== {{storm path|Beta 2005 track.png|left|200px}} Late on October 26, a broad area of [[low pressure area|low pressure]] in the southwestern part of the [[Caribbean Sea]] off the coast of [[Costa Rica]] developed and became Tropical Depression Twenty-Six. At the second full advisory six hours later, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Beta. Beta strengthened into a hurricane at 2 am EDT October 29, after spending a few hours on the border between tropical storm and hurricane strength. Beta reached maximum windspeeds of 115 mph (185&nbsp;km/h) making it a Category 3 hurricane by 4 am EST October 30. The [[Colombia]]n island of [[San Andrés y Providencia Department|Providencia]], about 140 miles off the coast of [[Nicaragua]], was in danger to hurricane force winds for several hours as the center of the storm moved slowly very close to the island. Original reports stated major damages to homes and a temporary loss of communications with the islanders. [[Image:Beta 2005-10-30 0615Z.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Hurricane Beta near maximum strength.]] Beta made landfall in the morning of October 30 near the t