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Hurricane Isaac was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that came ashore in the U.S. state of Louisiana during August 2012. The ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the annual hurricane season , Isaac originated from a tropical wave that moved off the west coast of Africa on August 16.
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 ...
Isaac became slightly disorganized over Haiti and re-emerged into the Caribbean Sea later on August 25, hours before striking Guantánamo Province, Cuba with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). There, 6 homes were destroyed and 91 sustained damage. [52] Later on August 25, Isaac emerged into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean over the Bahama Banks. [52]
The National Weather Service upgraded Tropical Storm Isaac to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday, as the storm barreled toward the Gulf Coast. Coastal residents from Louisiana to Alabama were ...
Hurricane Isaac, located in the central Atlantic Ocean about 695 miles west-northwest of the Azores, remained a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday morning, the center said. Isaac is moving east ...
Production shut-ins due to Hurricane Isaac get most of the blame for the lower petroleum inventory levels we saw last week. Not only was production shut down for several days, but major refineries ...
Hurricane Isaias (/ ˌ i s ɑː ˈ iː ɑː s /) [1] was a destructive tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning the strongest tropical cyclone-spawned tornado since Hurricane Rita in 2005.
Hurricane Isaac formed on September 26 and later peaked as a Category 2 hurricane. [60] On September 27, Tropical Storm Joyce formed just west of the Cabo Verde Islands. [61] September's activity ended with the formation of Hurricane Kirk on September 29, which reached its peak intensity on October 4.