In September 1938, one America’s most deadly hurricanes raced through New England. There were a couple of conditions that made the Hurricane of ‘38 so severe. Like the weather of the New England, and the 20ft storm surge. These conditions made the hurricane much more damaging. Some of the damage sustained from the hurricane would include “entire communities wiped off the face of the Earth.”…
In the book, A.D, written by Josh Neufeld. In 2005, August 23. A hurricane named Katrina hit New orleans, Louisiana. IT shows a day before the hurricane, how it used to look before the hurricane hit, ANd as we flip pages, the hurricane gets worse and worse. The pictures show the damaged different cites.…
In Galveston Texas, 1900 there was a hurricane. It wasn't just any hurricane, it was one of the most massive hurricanes in history with winds up to 145 mph and lasted from August 27, 1900 to September 17, 1900. The Galveston hurricane damaged 21 cities, and left up to 6,000-12,000 people dead. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is the deadliest natural disaster ever in the United States. They first detected the hurricane over the tropical Atlantic on August 27th.…
Great Galveston Hurricane A hurricane is a storm that forms over warm ocean waters. At this point, the storm is called a tropical despression storm. If wind speed reaches 39 miles per hour or greater, the storm is then classified as a tropical storm. If wind speeds continue to increase to 74 miles per hour, the tropical storm then changes classifications to be called a hurricane.…
The White Hurricane began as an Alberta clipper-type storm system. The winds were 90 mph and blew for 16 hours. There was about 22…
Payton Coenen Period 3 2nd Quarter Research Report December 20, 2016 Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo is a hurricane that did a lot of damage, but barely anybody knows about it. A hurricane is when cold air and hot air mix together. Hurricane Hugo included many details common to hurricanes and caused damage and destruction to properties and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Hurricane Hugo had many common details.…
The wind grew to 115 miles per hour. Houses were being flooded with all the rain pouring down and the wind making everything unstable. The impacts that the storm had on this community was terrible.…
It all started on a Saturday morning in West Esplanade, Shareba Teno, was lying in bed. Suddenly, she is jolted out of her bed by her husband bursting out for her to pack as they must evacuate. There were warning alerts all over the television, Hurricane Katrina was coming and it had a poweful for behind it. It was on August 29, 2005 hat Hurricane Katrina hit. To everyone's surprise it made history as a category five hurricane.…
For instance, the formation of a hurricane would require "very warm surface temperatures, continuous evaporation and condensation cycles, wind patterns of various directions that collide with one another, and a difference in air pressure between the surface and high altitude," ( "Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones..."). With that being said, all hurricanes are formed between the Tropic of Cancer( 23.5 degrees north latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude) due to the warm ocean water temperatures provided in those two areas. (Ouellette 11). Furthermore, the formation of hurricanes are separated into four different distinctive stages. Hurricanes start off as a bundle of thunderstorms known as a tropical disturbances( "Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones...").…
The hurricane I did my project on was named hurricane Carol. Hurricane Carol affected all aspects of the life of people in New England. This hurricane was a category 3 hurricane. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). This happened on August 27, but weakened as its motion turned to a northwest drift.…
Hurricane Matthew, one of history’s most fatal, destructive storms, formed on September 28, 2016. It first appeared near the Windward Islands propelling through the Caribbean to the Southeast of the United States. Once Hurricane Matthew reached the Caribbean it was identified as a hurricane and briskly grew to a category five hurricane a few days later. This hurricane was responsible for many deaths around the world.…
There were electrical fires. So many more deaths happened because when the eye was going through everybody thought it was the end of the storm and left shelter and nobody was prepared for the storm again when it came back. Farms were destroyed and all livestock was dead and not edible. In damage the storm costed $400 million which adds up to about $6.7 billion in today's money. There was up to 682 deaths and 433 were from Rhode Island.…
A tropical wave developed into Tropical Storm Nicole about 530 mi (850 km) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, early on October 4, [29] based on an ASCAT pass revealing a well-defined surface circulation and winds of up to 50 mph (85 km/h). The NHC forecast only gradual strengthening as the storm moved slowly to the north due to weak steering currents.[112] An eye then became visible at both mid- and upper-level heights, and Nicole rapidly strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane to the south of Bermuda, as winds reached 105 mph (165 km/h) early on October 7.[29] With Matthew located offshore Florida, this was the first time since 1964 that two hurricanes at or above Category 2 existed simultaneously in the western Atlantic Ocean (65°W).[113]…
The “warm ocean water provide the energy a storm needs to become a hurricane” (Wall and MSFC). The temperature of the surface water must be 79 degrees Fahrenheit or higher for it to form. As to the wind, the speed or direction the hurricane is heading toward must not change, other ways the storm can rip apart. As stated by “Hurricanes: Science and Society: Tornadoes” hurricanes only last up to three weeks drawing energy from the warm ocean water. Also, in the norther hemisphere where hurricanes form they rotate…
A hurricane, by definition, is a tropical cyclone with strong winds spiraling inward and upward and speeds ranging from 75 mph to 200 mph. Hurricanes emerge from the Atlantic basin, which consists of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, the northeastern Pacific Ocean, and, less often, the central north Pacific Ocean. Most hurricanes follow a similar cycle of development. Some may run their course in as little as a day or as long as a month. They weaken and are transformed into extratropical cyclones after prolonged contact with the colder ocean waters of the middle latitudes, and they rapidly decay after moving over land areas.…