A hurricane is a tropical storm that has winds of 74 miles per hour or more. The winds can sometimes reach up to 155 miles per hour. Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 that struck the Bahamas and Florida in Mid-August 1992, the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the state. *With wind speeds up to 175 mph, it left hundreds of people devastated. It was the most destructive hurricane of its time and sixth-costliest Atlantic hurricane racking up to an estimated *$26.5 billion in damage. (Rene Rodriguez)
Hurricane Andrew’s Path of Destruction:
Hurricane Andrew was born off the east coast of Africa in 1992 as a tropical depression. A tropical depression is an organized area of tropical low pressure in which sustained winds are 38mph or less. The hurricane formed from a tropical wave that crossed from the west coast of Africa to the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean with wind speeds of 35mph and a low pressure system of 1010mb. By the time it gets half way, it’s become a tropical storm which is a cyclone
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A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with maximum wind speeds of at least 74mph and is accompanied by thunderstorms. For the hurricane to take place the ocean surface has to be 80 degrees, a sufficient amount of water vapor and a sufficient distance from the equator. This creates what we call, the Croiolis Effect.
When Hurricane Andrew hit the Eleutherea Island in the Bahamas, the wind speeds had reached well over 127mph and developed a low pressure system of 1,000mb. Extensive damage is done to the homes, complete roof failure, and even the largest trees have been knocked down.
Two days later, the massive storm hits the east coast of Florida. The wind speeds are now up to 144mph with low pressure system 930mb. The extensive damage done to Florida is one to shock. Homes were missing and trees were cleared from where they once stood. Flood damage is way beyond finished as the water is still coming in
Hurricanes are a tropical cyclone, which means a rotation of closed low-level circulation of clouds and thunderstorms that originate from tropical and subtropical waters. Hurricanes are categorized by five categories, which determine the wind speed, the surge, and the pressure of a storm. These five categories help people be aware of how dangerous hurricanes can be: 1-minimal, 2-moderate, 3-extensice, 4-extrme, 5-catastrophic. Categories 1 and 2 have winds between 74-110 miles per hour, with a flow of 4-8 feet of water, and a sea level pressure of 980-979 millibars.
Hurricanes form over the equator in warm ocean waters. First in a hurricane the winds start to pick up wind on the average reach about 39-73 mile per hour,th but in the great Galveston the winds reached 145 miles per hour the power of the wind can take down trees, houses and building. it rains very hard it is not uncommon during a hurricane to get 5-10 inches of rain. It’s also very common to get floods from the storm surge that averages 25-28 feet above sea level. Even though it is very rare tornadoes
The waves were still high at 10 feet. The power started going out when the storm was about 40 miles from land and 1.4 million people were without power (Provenzo JR. & Provenzo, 2002). It slammed into the Bahamas at 120 mph. Where buildings were toppled, bungalows out from their roots, and luxury hotels only had broken winds (Longshore, 1998). Several days before it had produced a deep convection, that had high pressure (Rappaport, 1993).
A hurricane is an advanced tropical storm with winds of 74 miles per hour or more and can cause massive damage to people, wildlife, and structures. The Galveston hurricane and storm surge on a Friday evening in Galveston Texas on September 7, 1900. Many residents were eating dinner unaware of a disastrous hurricane headed toward them. The people were not sure just how powerful the hurricane actually was because they did not have the modern technology that we have today. Their way of determining hurricane statistics was to simply go out on boats and report back information.
Hurricane Andrew was an unusually compact system. Although it caused an estimated $25 billion in property damaged and directly caused 15 deaths, a larger
Hurricane Irma was the strongest hurricane observed in the Atlantic since 2007. Hurricane Irma hit Florida as a Category 4 storm and was so strong it ripped off roofs, caused floods, and knocked out more than 6.8 million people's power. Its winds have been recorded to be 185 miles per hour. The storm killed at least 34 people in Florida, 38 in the Caribbean, and 4 in North Carolina. Hurricane Irma also caused food and water to become scarce, hospitals and health clinics to struggle, and schools to be closed. Lots of people lost homes to Hurricane Irma, and it has proved to be a tragic event.
During a storm, when the wind reaches over 75 miles per hour, tropical cyclones forms over either tropical or subtropical waters. Over the years, there has been over a handful of these hurricanes that have been both costly and deadly. It was between August 24th and the 26th of 1992, when the second costliest hurricane to take place in the United States of America history. The name of that expensive storm is called Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew affected the areas of the Bahamas, Louisiana, and South Florida.
The hurricanes are usually considered intense storms of tropical regions characterized by strong winds exceeding seventy-four mile per hour, low-pressure center and thunderstorms. The center of hurricane the winds are usually light and the clouds are broken reason for that is air
Hurricanes are powerful and dangerous storms that involve great rain and win. When a tropical storm has a wind speed greater than 75 miles per hour, it is considered a hurricane. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a substantial amount of damage. However there is one hurricane that occurred in 2005 that stands out among the others, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive of the Atlantic Hurricanes during the hurricane season. Hurricane Katrina had a great economic and environmental impact on the United States which will take time to completely recover from.
“Based on Irma’s projected path, which includes Florida’s heavily populated eastern coast, the enormous storm could create one of the largest mass evacuations in US history,” CNN senior meteorologist Dave Hennen said. Hurricane Irma is the most powerful storm to have been recorded, its wind has reached a speed of 185 mph and gusts at 225 mph. Families are having to evacuate their homes and go to a safe place to ensure their safety. We determine how severe a hurricane is by a category of one through five, Irma is at category 5! People's homes are being demolished and six people have been reported dead. Irma has caused 95% of the Caribbean island to be destroyed.
In my research I found that this hurricane was the worst hurricane ever to to make landfall on US soil. But it is not the worst, Andrew is the third worst tropical storm to make landfall. Hurricane charley is 2nd, and Katrina is the number one. Something cool I found in my research Andrew all started because of a big wave that came off the coast of Africa. Andrew was a category 5 hurricane which is the biggest a hurricane can get. That big of a storm can cause a lot of damage $26.5 billion worth. Andrew claimed 23 deaths in the US and 3 more in the Bahamas; Wind speeds topping out at 167 MPH when it made landfall. Mrs. Gaskill said “The traffic was backed up for miles because nobody could go anywhere the damage was to great”. The hardest hit area was the southern portion of florida; And Mrs. Gaskill said, “I was terrified when all of this happened because I have family and friends that live down there and I was terrified
On August 29, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. Winds of more than 125 miles per hour, coupled with storm surges reaching up to 34 feet, devastated several coastal communities. These communities were “Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, and Pass Christian in Mississippi; and Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, and Mobile in Alabama (Funk and Wagnalls)”. The storm destroyed a amount numerous homes, businesses, and roads and bridges. “In New Orleans, winds of up to 100 miles per hour damaged many buildings (Funk and Wagnalls)”. But rapidly increasing water levels brought the most destruction. A storm surge pushed water over the New Orleans levee system. The city’s low level neighborhoods became submerged within minute of the levees
According to Brain Dunbar, from Nasa, a hurricane is large swirling storm that produces winds of 74 mph or higher. That is much faster than the world’s fastest animal on land, a cheetah, which speeds range from 68-75 mph. Hurricanes are powerful rotating tropical storms which an average diameter of 100 miles. A hurricane is made up of an eye, the center of the storm, which
First you should know how a hurricane forms. In order for a hurricane to form, the Coriolis Effect must be strong enough to initiate the tropical cyclone's rotation. Pre-existing low-pressure systems, such as ocean temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, or a slight disturbance in the weather could cause a hurricane to be formed, but the upper air circulation has to support a thunderstorm formation first. The vertical wind shear must be low to support the structure of a tropical cyclone, because if the wind shear gets too high it will break the structure, not allowing the cyclone to form. Once formed tropical cyclones can support and sustain themselves. As the wind diverges at the top of the cyclone, the diversion draws more air upwards, resulting in a low pressure at the surface leading to the further uplift of air. A continuous process of release of
A hurricane is a tropical storm that has winds of 74 miles per hour or