Notebook: Numbers: Dec. 26, 2005

26 Tropical storms named in the Atlantic in 2005, breaking the previous record, set in 1933, of 21 such storms

14 Hurricanes in the Atlantic in 2005, besting 1969's record of 12

3.3 million Pakistanis left homeless by the Oct. 8 quake that claimed some 80,000 lives

80% Estimated percent of the 1.8 million people displaced by the Dec. 26 tsunami who a year later still lack permanent housing

490,290 Prescriptions filled in the U.S. in the past four months for flu-fighting Tamiflu, more than triple the number during the same period last year

50% Increase in U.S. sales of Frank's...

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