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August 29, 2012 – Hurricane Isaac – Isaac comes ashore the state twice as a large Category 1 hurricane, producing an eleven-foot storm surge in Shell Beach. The storm produces sustained tropical storm-force winds and hurricane-force wind gusts in Grand Isle, leaving over 600,000 customers without power across the state. The city of LaPlace ...
Francine strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday evening in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon or evening.
Late on August 27, at 18:00 UTC, the NHC upgraded Ida to Category 1 hurricane status, based on observations made by the Hurricane Hunters. [23] Around the same time, the hurricane made its first landfall on Cuba's Isle of Youth with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 987 mbar (29.15 inHg).
The storm is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 storm early Tuesday in Louisiana, bringing 90 mph maximum sustained winds, a storm surge of as much as 11 feet and potentially historic ...
The National Weather Service bulletin for the New Orleans region of 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005, was a particularly dire warning issued by the local Weather Forecast Office in Slidell, Louisiana, warning of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina could wreak upon the Gulf Coast of the United States, and the human suffering that would follow once the storm left the area.
Any major storm near Louisiana evokes memories of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas, killing nearly 1,400 people and causing $125 billion in ...
Katrina fell below Category 5 status before 06:00 UTC and continued weakening to a low-end Category 4 hurricane by 09:00 UTC. [1] [47] Given the hurricane's approximate 30–35 mi (45–55 km) radius of maximum wind, the NHC indicated sustained Category 4 winds may have briefly occurred along the extreme southeastern coast of Louisiana. [47]
Hurricane categories. Category 1: Winds 74-95 mph. Damage primarily to shrubbery, trees, poorly constructed items, and unanchored mobile homes. Category 2: Winds 96-110 mph. Some roof damage ...