Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
2 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2011 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2011 are counted in the seasonal totals. 4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD Scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
A view from the ground in New Orleans after Hurricane Ida slams into the city, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina.
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was the second in a group of three very active Atlantic hurricane seasons, each with 19 named storms, tied with 1887, 1995, 2010, and 2012. The above-average activity was mostly due to a La Niña that persisted during the previous year .
Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.
Video and photos showed the impact of 150 mph winds and what officials called a "catastrophic" storm surge.
Hurricane Ida made. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
This is a list of the costliest Atlantic hurricanes, with US$1 billion in property damage, broadly capturing the severity of the damage each tropical cyclone has caused. The list includes tropical storms, a tropical cyclone with a peak 1-minute maximum sustained wind in the range of 39–73 mph (63–118 km/h), placing them below the 74 mph ...
PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) -Energy companies on Wednesday scrambled to open new offshore supply operations and restart pipelines and platforms, days after Hurricane Ida slammed the U.S ...