“There are times when I was out in [the rain] that I had to hold my hand over my mouth and nose just to breath. . . because it was falling at times like being in a waterfall” (Halverson, par. 5). Those are the words of William Whitehead, a sheriff from Lovingston, Virginia in charge of recovery and rescue from Hurricane Camille. The hurricane affected the lives of everyone living in the area; however, the hurricane did not only affect the people. The hurricane affected the developed area as well. The effects of Hurricane Camille began immediately, many people lost solely their homes, while others lost everything. Without doubt, Hurricane Camille, was a devastating costly event for the Gulf Coast.
Tropical Storm Camille began forming on August 14, 1969 in the Cayman Islands (45 Years Later: Remembering Hurricane Camille’s Deadly Landfall, Aftermath, par. 5). Before hitting the United States, Camille passed Cuba as rapidly increasing wind speed. Because of a fast drop in pressure, tropical storm Camille became Hurricane Camille. The hurricane hit Mississippi on the night of August 17, 1969 (1969- Hurricane Camille, par. 2). Hitting Cuba caused Camille to weaken when it returned to the Gulf of Mexico (par. 3). However, that did not stop Camille from hitting Mississippi with winds as high 200 miles per hour (Pope, par. 4). Hurricanes form during the summer and early fall, ocean water vapor creates energy for warm, intense low pressure areas (“What causes hurricanes?” par.
A hurricane is formed over warm tropical oceans. A hurricane is a severe storm.Hurricanes happen in late summer or early fall. Hurricanes spread 70-90 miles wide. Hurricanes are found over warm tropical oceans.
and devastation for those who lived in the path of the storm. The three major hurricanes that hit
In the history of the United States of America, Hurricane Katrina was known as one of the worst hurricanes in the world. The hurricane was a combination of tropical waters and gushing winds. It was the vicious hurricane that caused severe damage to the citizens of the United States of America. The amazing city known for its southern style, Cajun cuisines, jazz music and its celebration of Mardi Gras will never be the same. New Orleans, Louisiana was changed forever in August 2005 when this category five hurricane left the city devastated. The catastrophic storm tore through the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas destroying everything in its path and killing hundreds of people.
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States, causing damage across the entire Southeast, with the harshest conditions falling on the city of New Orleans. This hurricane began as the consequence of a tropical wave encountering the traces of an earlier tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico. Once the wave and depression interacted, a new depression formed, located right near the Bahamas. This depression intensified exponentially, developing into a complete hurricane. Katrina wreaked havoc for slightly less than a week before subsiding over the eastern Great Lakes. This hurricane had catastrophic social and economic effects on the Southeast requiring a lengthy reconstruction period.
Hurricanes form in the late summer and early fall when the sun heats up the surface of the ocean, this change in the weather along with a few other important factors help produce the storm.
First, hurricanes form in warm water. Therefore, states or places closest to the equator will most likely get hurricanes. In different places, it has different names, like a typhoon or a cyclone. Hot air rises making less hot air below. It makes clouds, then circulate to form a hurricane. On the scale, a category 5 hurricane can have winds up to 157mph, maybe even more.
Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and catastrophic Cape Verde-type hurricane, the strongest on record in the Atlantic region. Hurricanes are very terrifying and dangerous. They can destroy pretty much anything, it was about 425 miles long. It began around August 30 near Cape Verde Islands, In Florida keys it started to reach Florida on September 9, 2017. The average wind speed was 185 mph, that is recorded the longest because it stayed the same for 37 hours.
The United states has had many hurricanes throughout history, though only a few have turned the world upside down and have had mass casualties in it. Although hurricane Katrina hit many areas two of the hardest areas that Katrina hit was New Orleans and Mississippi. On August 23,2005 people living in the Bahamas embraced for a tropical depression that would later turn into what was known as hurricane Katrina. The tropical storm started out with wind 's speed as high as 38 miles per hour. Meteorologist watched out for the hurricane and observed the bearing of it 's development. When meteorologist precept the depression, transforming into a hurricane with wind 's speeds as high as 39-73 miles per hour meteorologist were compelled to
“The sound of the wind, that’s what you never forget. The initial whisper. The growing mewing that turns into a howl. Then they cry of glass shattering. The grumbling of a roof peeling apart”, said Ana Veciana-Suarez, as she remembers one of the worst, fiercest, and most powerful storm to hit South Florida, Hurricane Andrew. On August 24, 1992, Category 5 Hurricane Andrew came through and devastated South Florida turning its full forces on Miami-Dade county. The aftermath of this hurricane was completely unbelievable and devastating, being that it was the most high-priced storm ever recorded in United States History. Rebuilding the community took several years and even after everything was rebuilt, citizens of South Florida, would never forget Hurricane Andrew.
In 1969 Hurricane Camille swept through and caused much damage and death as did Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Both of these disasters forced many people out of their homes. These hurricanes
Hurricanes form only in warm ocean waters near the equator. Cumulonimbus clouds are present, the warm air over the ocean rises and high and low air pressure pushes new warm air. Then air rises and begin to swirl. Storms north of the equator tend to spin counterclockwise while storms south spin clockwise. When the storm keeps rotating quickly an eye forms, and when the winds reach 39 mph it is officially a called a tropical storm. And when the storm reaches 74 mph then it is safe to call it a tropical cyclone or hurricane. (How do hurricanes form, 2016)
The first component of a hurricane forming is warm water about 80 degrees or higher without this a hurricane can not form. Mario ritter from science in the news wrote in his 2017 article about how “Hurricanes form huge weather engines that use warm, moist air as fuel”.
Hurricanes are one of nature’s most natural occurrences and intense phenomenal storms. Yet, as phenomenal as they are, they are still one of the deadliest and disastrous natural occurrences that continue to plague costal residents with fears of their homes being destroyed, their towns wiped out, and loved ones either disappearing or dying.
On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery.
Tropical hurricanes need to have surface water temperatures to be 26°C or more for them to form. As our oceans get hotter hurricanes are able to form farther out in the sea