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Reviewer: Yellow Evan (talk · contribs) 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • "The 1856 Atlantic hurricane season featured six tropical cyclones, five of which made landfall. Operationally, another tropical cyclone was believed to have existed in the Wilmington, North Carolina area in September,[1] but HURDAT – the official Atlantic hurricane database – now excluded this system. " to "The 1856 Atlantic hurricane season featured six tropical cyclones, five of which made landfall. Operationally, another tropical cyclone was believed to have existed in the Wilmington, North Carolina area in September,[1] but HURDAT – the official Atlantic hurricane database – excludes this system." since it was never in HURDAT in the first place since HURDAT originally just went up to 1881. YE Pacific Hurricane 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You should move the second and third sentences of the first paragraph somewhere else in the lead. It's just seems weird to me. 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
  • "An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 has been estimated.[3]" why and removed"per year between 181 and 1885, we are talking about just 1856 here after all. YE Pacific Hurricane 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "More than 200 people were killed after storm surge submerged Last Island. This made it one of the deadliest hurricanes in Louisiana history." to "More than 200 people were killed after storm surge submerged Last Island, making it one of the deadliest hurricanes in Louisiana history."
  • "caused brought 4 deaths in Inagua, Bahamas and minor impact in Cuba and the United States." "caused brought" remove "brought" :P
  • "HURDAT indicates that a tropical storm developed on August 19, while located about 170 miles (270 km) southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina." to "The third tropical storm of the season developed on August 19 about 170 miles (270 km) southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina." YE Pacific Hurricane 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The brig Caroline E. Kelly experienced a heavy gale associated with Tropical Storm Six on September 18, while located about 930 miles (1,500 km) east-southeast of Bermuda.[1] " was that when the storm was first observed. YE Pacific Hurricane 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, it's decent, GC. YE Pacific Hurricane 16:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]