Essay On Hurricane Ja

Over the past decade, the world has experienced more natural disaster than people can count. Floods, mudslides, earthquakes, and raging fires are just a few of the events that have stripped people away from their families, homes, and possessions. The deadliest of these natural disasters are hurricanes. Extremely strong winds mixed with large waves can cause enormous damage, taking months, even years for towns to recover. Hurricane Katrina left millions of people without homes and families torn apart. Hurricane Sandy demolished the Jersey coast, leaving years of repair work behind. The most recent and powerful hurricane that surfaced is Hurricane Maria. A level five hurricane, Hurricane Maria ripped straight through the United States territory of Puerto Rico. The island lost power, supplies

As for jacksonvill with high tides and the torrential rains that was driven by irmas winds. As before 9:00 am streets became streams of water, a man waked up to 3ft of water in his so called “Man Cave” named Mr.Jenkins. Soon enough the eye of the storm came to shore, the storm was tracked west heading into miami with 90,000 under an evacuation order. As one resident mr levine had said “didn’t dodge a bullet, we dodged a cannon,” i think he was talking about how this was huge, a major event that could have killed them but they dodged this by taking a big step of staying home. As more residents return home some unlucky as for some who had just moved hear a month ago, coming home to a foot of water in their driveway, for Naple florida it has had the worst strikes for most

Florida's workers were affected greatly by Hurricane Irma. They worked less shifts to properly prepare for the storm and lost productivity. The main industries that were affected in Florida were tourism

Hurricane Hugo affected South Carolina and also perturbed the Atlantic Ocean, devastating the Caribbean Islands of St. Croix and Puerto Rico in September 1989. This phenomenon was responsible for 86 fatalities around the impacted lands where people were not educated or prepared enough for this natural disaster.

Six deaths in Florida have been blamed on Irma, along with three in Georgia and one in South Carolina. At least 35 people were killed in the Caribbean.

Class 5 Hurricane Irma has recently struck the eastern coast of the United States; while many other natural disasters are affecting the country as well.

Ships were left stranded and wrecked miles away from moorings. Thousands of homes were washed away into the sea. Approximately 3,600 buildings were destroyed. Everything that was destroyed was bulldozed 15 blocks from the beach. The damage cost was 20 million (700 million today). It was the third costliest hurricane in U.S. history. 8,000-12,000 of the 37,000 people that lived in Galveston, Texas died, which was 20% of the population that was lost. From the remaining survivors, 30,000 were left

a billion in losses to boats in southeast Florida. The damage to Louisiana is estimated at $1

Hurricane Maria has hit Puerto Rico, destroying buildings leaving its approximately 3.4 million residents largely without electricity. Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico early Wednesday as a “Potentially Catastrophic” Category 4 storm that was set to become the most powerful to strike the US territory in almost 90 years.

1. Recovery from the Category 4 hurricane is still moving slowly. Hurricane Maria is the strongest hurricane to hit the island in 80 years.

The first mistake the Jacksonville’s weather bureau made was to call all extra relief workers and coast guards from New York and New England down to Florida to prepare for the storm. While looking out and protecting Florida, they took many needed hands from the northeast, which was hit harder. Their second mistake, a more important one, was to assume this storm was another typical Cape Verde hurricane because it began to veer northward. Those storms were known to curve away from the tropics at first opportunity and head north for colder water where it would soon die off before hitting the US. It followed this specific course by the Bermuda High currents, “a mass of dense dry air that dominates the weather in the North

For example, Hurricane Maria, that name has been retired due to its destruction, reaching wind speeds of 160 miles per hour as a Category 5 passing first through the Caribbean. Hurricane Maria then worked its way demolishing Puerto Rico with wind speeds of 150 miles per hour and pouring out about 40 inches of rain causing it to flood (AccessScience Editors, 2017).

On August 29, 2005, the third strongest and biggest hurricane ever recorded in American history hit the Gulf Coast at eight o’clock a.m. The interaction between a tropical depression and a tropical wave created a tropical storm later referred to as Hurricane Katrina (FAQS, 2013). Forming over the Bahamas, Hurricane Katrina gradually strengthened as it moved closer and closer to the Gulf of Mexico. Recorded on August 28th, 2005, Katrina jumped from a category three storm to a category five storm with maximum sustained winds up to 160 miles per hour. Although other hurricanes, such as Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma, exceeded Katrina, this dominant storm was classified as the fourth most intense hurricane

Hurricane Irma was a terrifying storm. By terrifying, I mean being a category five storm for at least three days straight and being roughly the size of Texas, no big deal. But Irma made history, a ton. She was the first category five storm to hit Cuba since the 1920’s, left islands “barely habitable”, and to make matters worse, Hurricane Jose was right behind her with some more horrific wind and rain. Most of Puerto Rico was left without power and would have to wait 4-6 months to get it back. We complain after a few hours of no power (at least my family does) so imagine not having power for a few months. Almost all of the counties in Florida had a percentage of people that didn’t have power. Irma also stood out because she was so strong being

Recent hurricanes like Harvey that hit in Houston, Texas and Irma that touched down in Florida