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August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
The Chenière Caminada hurricane, also known as the Great October Storm, was a powerful hurricane that devastated the island of Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana in early October 1893. It was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season ; the storm killed an estimated 2,000 people, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] mostly from storm surge .
GOES-16 imagery of Hurricane Zeta and the Southern Plains winter storm interacting on October 28. Hurricane watches were issued for eastern and central coastal Louisiana and coastal Mississippi. A tropical storm watch was also issued for areas east of Intracoastal City to Morgan City, Louisiana, as well as coastal Alabama. Storm surge watches ...
Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Jaques Thibodeaux shows off the state's hurricane app, September 13. The app provides essential information for ...
The most likely scenario with this week's tropical feature is that it will get drawn northward to a point over the Gulf but then shunted northeastward this weekend.
The storm turned to the northeast while moving around the periphery of a high pressure system over Texas, and attained a peak intensity of 45 mph (72 km/h) on October 9. Strong wind shear limited further strengthening, and on October 10, Matthew struck Cocodrie, Louisiana as a minimal tropical storm. [1]
The storm is expected to continue weakening as it travels inland. As of 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, Francine's center was about 35 miles northwest of New Orleans, the hurricane center said.
Hurricane Juan was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding.It was the tenth named storm of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, forming in the central Gulf of Mexico in late October.