Earth has it's fair share of violent storms. Hurricanes and typhoons form in our oceans and batter nearby land-masses, and people. Recently, there seems to have been a rise in the frequency and intensity of Atlantic Hurricanes, although currently there haven't been any major doozies this year. Some scientists think that this might be related to global warming.
On Saturn, the hurricanes don't mess around. 
At 5,000 miles across (two-thirds the diameter of Earth) and 350 mph, this thing packs a punch. It isn't really a hurricane though - there is no ocean below it, it does not drift around, but has eye-wall clouds. The most amazing thing is that these eye-wall clouds allow scientists to see farther down into Saturn's interior than ever before. FEMA, get those trailers ready.
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