Another Hurricane Katrina?
The year 2017 has behaved much like 2005. Back then, the U.S. experienced many huge storms, including Hurricane Katrina.
Harvey dumped a record 24 trillion tons of water onto Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, when Irma’s wind speeds reached 180 miles per hour Tuesday, it became one of the strongest Atlantic Ocean storms in history.
“We’ve only had 16 other hurricanes on record that have been as strong as Irma is right now,” Klotzbach said.
Irma could pass by Hispaniola and Cuba. If so, then Florida should expect damages similar to Hurricane Donna of 1960, Masters said.
Donna's Destruction
Hurricane Donna caused huge 13-foot storm surges in the Florida Keys. A storm surge is when the ocean level quickly rises, which
The year 2017 has behaved much like 2005. Back then, the U.S. experienced many huge storms, including Hurricane Katrina.
Harvey dumped a record 24 trillion tons of water onto Texas and Louisiana. Meanwhile, when Irma’s wind speeds reached 180 miles per hour Tuesday, it became one of the strongest Atlantic Ocean storms in history.
“We’ve only had 16 other hurricanes on record that have been as strong as Irma is right now,” Klotzbach said.
Irma could pass by Hispaniola and Cuba. If so, then Florida should expect damages similar to Hurricane Donna of 1960, Masters said.
Donna's Destruction
Hurricane Donna caused huge 13-foot storm surges in the Florida Keys. A storm surge is when the ocean level quickly rises, which