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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 31, 2012 – Outer rainbands associated with Hurricane Isaac cause slight rainfall in East Texas, peaking at around 3 in (7.6 cm) near Galveston Bay. [142] Strong winds associated with Isaac's thunderstorms knock down many trees in Trinity County , where wind gusts peak at an estimated 65 mph (105 km/h).
The passage of Hurricane Isaac generated a long-lived, nine-day tornado outbreak that affected the Central and Eastern United States from August 27 to September 4, 2012. The hurricane produced a total of 34 tornadoes, with the strongest being two EF2 tornadoes in Mississippi and Arkansas.
Atlantic storm tracker Tropical Depression Joyce, Tropical Storm Isaac continue to weaken. Tropical Depression Joyce was forecast to continue weakening during the next 48 hours, the hurricane ...
"Based on current forecasts, Tropical Storm Isaac is predicted to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane and become the first hurricane to impact the United States this year," said Dr. Howard ...
The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Joyce and Hurricane Isaac in the Atlantic and a system in the Caribbean, which could develop into a tropical storm.
The U.S. state of Texas has had many hurricanes affect it. It is the U.S. state with the second-most hurricanes affecting it, only behind Florida . [ 1 ] Storms affecting it go back to 1527.
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 ...