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Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019. [ 6 ] Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands .
August 29, 2005 – Although Hurricane Katrina's eye came ashore in lower Plaquemines Parish Louisiana, the resulting storm surge resulted in multiple levee failures in the New Orleans area, flooding approximately 80% of the city, with some places being inundated by more than 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. The failures of the levees were considered ...
Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Ida crashed ashore in southeastern Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021, with maximum sustained winds of around 150 mph, a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
1831 Barbados–Louisiana hurricane; Racer's hurricane; 1856 Last Island hurricane; 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane; 1901 Louisiana hurricane; 1906 Mississippi hurricane; 1909 Grand Isle hurricane; 1915 New Orleans hurricane; 1918 Louisiana hurricane; 1919 Florida Keys hurricane; 1920 Louisiana hurricane; 1926 Louisiana hurricane; 1940 ...
The hurricane center also uses this data in its post-storm report, published a few months after a hurricane hits. “Our entire organization is built around high-quality, repeatable ...
UPDATE 2:48 P.M.: Hurricane Ian had long been expected to make landfall directly on top of Charleston, but it split the difference between the Lowcountry and the Grand Strand, slamming into the ...
On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina. The failures caused flooding in 80% of New Orleans and all of St. Bernard Parish. In New Orleans alone, 134,000 housing units—70% of all occupied units—suffered ...