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• Hurricane Juan (nominated by Hurricanehink) was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding. It was the tenth named storm of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, and the last of three hurricanes to move over Louisiana. Juan originated in the central Gulf of Mexico and was classified as a subtropical cyclone. It moved northward after its formation, and became a hurricane on October 27, and made a landfall near Morgan City on October 29. Weakening to a tropical storm over land, Juan turned back to the south-east over open waters. After turning to the north-east, the storm made its final landfall just west of Pensacola, Florida, late on October 31. Juan continued quickly to the north and was absorbed by an approaching cold front, although its moisture contributed to a deadly flood event in the Mid-Atlantic states.

Three featured lists were promoted this week.

• Jonah Lomu (1975–2015) was an international rugby union winger who played for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002. He scored a total of 37 tries in 63 international appearances (nominated by The Rambling Man and Mr.Apples2010), which make him the sixth highest try scorer for New Zealand and the eighteenth highest on the all-time list.
• The WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (nominated by Grapple X) is a defunct professional wrestling championship. The title was contested in World Championship Wrestling between 1993 and 1994, and it was represented with the Big Gold Belt. During it's existence, eight title reigns were shared between four wrestlers. Rick Flair was the final champion, who unified it with the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and the title ceased to exist.
• Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire. Although there are records of a team competing as Nottinghamshire at an earlier date, the current club was established in 1841. The Nottinghamshire team have played first class, List A, or Twenty20 matches at eight different grounds (nominated by AssociateAffiliate and ChrisTheDude), although of these only one has hosted Twenty20 games.

Five featured pictures were promoted this week.

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  Billy Strayhorn
  (created by William P. Gottlieb; restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden)
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  Australia Telescope Compact Array
  (created by John Masterson; edited by Thennicke and Bammesk; nominated by Pine)
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  Shirley Chisholm
  (created by Thomas J. O'Halloran; restored and nominated by Adam Cuerden)
• Big Buck Bunny
  (created by the Blender Foundation; nominated by Yann)
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  Ibukun Odusote
  (created by icannphotos; nominated by Victuallers)

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