Within the Loop Current there is warm water that extends fairly deeper than the water surrounding it. Hurricanes usually churn up slightly cooler water allowing for some weakening of the storm; however a hurricane moving over the Loop Current churns up warmer water that extends deeper into the ocean. Camille's extraordinary strength could be blamed in part due to the assumption that it tracked directly up the axis of the Loop Current. After landfall, Camille dropped torrential rains on the southern states with anywhere from 2 to 11 inches of rain. Camille eventually strengthened somewhat as it moved more inland bringing major destruction to the state of Virginia with damage to property and life.
Hurricane Hazel was mainly a category four, but may have been a category five early in the hurricanes process. Hurricane Hazel had tremendous storm surges when it made landfall at multiple coasts. It caused the most flooding of any hurricane recorded in
It seems as if when the apocalypse happens, the epicenter will be in Haiti. The location and weather patterns of the island have plagued the island with natural disasters. Haiti has had many recorded hurricanes, earthquakes, and storms. The country has a disproportionately large coastline which makes it very susceptible to hurricanes. Haiti also has large rivers that overflow in the rainy seasons and dry up during the dry season.
Panhandle: A narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another. Location On Tuesday, August 23, 2005 a storm located near the south of Bahamas called Tropical Depression 10 reacted with a tropical wave creating an intense tropical storm. The day after on Wednesday a tropical storm in the Caribbean was called Katrina, the Thursday after the storm had grown to the size of a Hurricane. Later that day, Katrina was blown to the shore of the east coast of Florida and killed four people and left approximately 1,000,000 people without power. It was expected to hit the panhandle next, while it was travelling at tremendous speeds through the eastern gulf of Mexico.
The storm of 1987 occurred on the 15th and 16th of October due to a depression forming within the Bay of Biscay and had disastrous effects on the south and south-east of the UK. Southern England suffered the most extensive destruction. The 1987 storm was the most damaging storm event to occur in the UK since the November 1703 storm, which killed thousands of people. 18 unfortunate deaths were recorded as a result of this storm. According to a report published by the Association of British Insurers, the eventual final clean-up bill paid by insurance industry was £1.4 billion.
(i) Description of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina is said to have been the most costly and deadliest hurricanes in U.S history, resulting in $81.2 billion dollars in damage and 1836 casualties6. The hurricane made landfall in New Orleans in the early morning of August 29th, 2005 as a Category 3 or 4 storm. The heavy rains that were produced as the hurricane moved inland, along with the poorly designed levees, caused all 56 levees in New Orleans to fail, resulting in freshwater flooding of 80% of the city15. Hurricane Katrina devastated an area over 160 km from the storm’s eye, which included parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and most importantly, Louisiana6. It originally formed off the Bahamas, on August 23rd, as a Tropical Depression and strengthened to a Category 1 storm once it made landfall in Florida on August 25th.
Hurricane Katrina, a category 4 hurricane, made landfall on August 29, 2005. It overwhelmed the levees in New Orleans causing widespread flooding and heaping damage on neighboring Mississippi. Approximately 1,700 were reported dead and hundreds of thousands became displaced. Katrina ranks as one of the most punishing hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Damage, costing billions of dollars, has made it one of the costliest storms on record.
(live science.com) One of the most memorable rogue wave occurrences was on October 30, 1991. It was called the perfect storm. According to CNN.com, an enormous extra tropical low is creating havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard in this infrared image at 1200 UTC (0700 EST) on October 30, 1991. Labeled the "perfect storm" by the National Weather Service, the storm sank the sword fishing boat Andrea Gail, whose story became the basis for the currently best-selling novel "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger. Ocean waves peaked at 100 feet, the height of 10-story buildings.
WILLIAM ADANSI ENG 101 (ESSAY 6) The silent night of the southeastern coast of the United States was defiled when “Sandy” arrived on its shores last Sunday night deep down from the Atlantic ocean. This terrible hurricane first erupted from the Caribbean’s killing almost 70 individuals, and rending many more homeless, and as if not satisfied, it was determined enough to cut power supply and access to public amenities across the region. By the time it reached the southeastern shores of the United States, it had been reinforced with very strong winds making it even more fearsome and unprecedented in the sub-region, as geologist predicted. New York City, the state’s largest and busiest city was bedazzled as “Sandy” finally hit Monday night and brought most areas of lower Manhattan under water. However, the havoc and destruction it caused will not be compared to the indelible mark it has left on it’s victims and on the landscape at large.
Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in the United States. Katrina made landfall as a category three hurricane on August 29, 2005. The initial landfall was made in the Gulf Region near Buras Louisiana and later at the Louisiana and Mississippi border at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Katrina packed sustained hurricane force winds of 125 mph, and extended out 75 miles from the eye of the storm (NOAA, 2012). Katrina’s damage was devastating to residents of the area affected.