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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 ...
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.
According to reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Isaac gained strength on Friday, Sept. 27, less than 24 hours after Helene ...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Isaac was a Category 2 storm far from land in the North Atlantic on Saturday, while Tropical Storm Joyce continued its path over open water well to the east of the Caribbean. Isaac had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph) and was about 645 miles (1,040 kilometers) west-northwest of the Azores archipelago, which ...
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 ...
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.