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The storm surge and waves resulted in significant beach erosion in Grand Isle. Portions of Louisiana experienced significant rainfall, including a peak of 18 inches (460 mm) in Haynesville. In addition, a tornado caused damage to the roof of a trailer in Golden Meadow. Rainfall and storm surge flooded 20 homes in Terrebonne Parish.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
Nordeste (moderate wind from northwest in brazilian Northeast region) Carpinteiro (strong southeasterly wind along the southern Atlantic coast of Brazil) [citation needed] Garua, la garúa, or garoa (dry winds hitting the lower western slopes of the Andes) [7] [8] Minuano (southern Brazil) Zonda wind (on the eastern slope of the Andes in Argentina)
Weather forecasters and public bodies issued health and power loss warnings Tuesday as a “rare winter storm" gripped part of the southern and eastern U.S. ... Louisiana and Alabama. "Dangerously ...
Now a tropical storm, Delta still threatens to cause storm surges and flash floods across much of southwestern Louisiana and parts of neighboring Texas. With whipping winds, Delta soaks Louisiana ...
Get the Sabine Parish, LA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Pacific Northwest pounded by hurricane-force wind gusts, flooding rain from powerful atmospheric river storms.
Based on the degree of damage left behind, it is estimated that the dust devil produced winds as high as 75 mph (120 km/h), which is equivalent to an EF0 tornado. [10] On May 19, 2003, a dust devil lifted the roof off a two-story building in Lebanon, Maine , causing it to collapse and kill a man inside.
In 1953, the U.S. began using female names for weather systems once they became a tropical storm − sustained winds of at least 39 mph. By 1979, male and female names were being used, and the ...