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The main organization for coordinating the federal response to the disaster was the Office of Emergency Preparedness, which provided $76 million (1969 USD, $403 million 2005 USD) [36] to administer and coordinate disaster relief programs. Food and shelter were available the day after the storm.
The preliminary estimate for the damage in Nicaragua was $564 million (2020 USD). [5] Total damage estimates for the hurricane were set at $1.4 billion (2020 USD). [6] Relief efforts soon followed, which included placing tents, opening temporary hospitals, and delivering food and water to those in need.
[13] [14] An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft investigating Elsa late on July 4, found it to be undergoing a convective burst and beginning to restrengthen. [15] At 18:00 UTC on July 5, Elsa made landfall on the south coast of Cuba in Cienaga de Zapata National Park with maximum winds of about 65 mph (100 km/h).
The 2021 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season, with above-average activity in terms of number of named storms, but below-average activity in terms of major hurricanes, [nb 1] as 19 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes formed in all.
Fred shifted almost due westward and its low-level center moved inland over northern Cuba around 18:00 UTC on August 14. [13] Jogging a little further west than forecasted, continued land interaction with Cuba and wind shear caused Fred to degenerate into a tropical wave at 15:00 UTC on August 14, although advisories continued due to a ...
Damage totals estimated at near 15 million dollars. [52] EF1 Des Moines, Iowa: October 2, 2007 0 Tornadoes of 2007 § October 2 [1] EF2 Atlanta, Georgia: March 14, 2008 1 2008 Atlanta tornado outbreak [1] [53] EF2 Shreveport, Louisiana: April 9, 2009 0
Hurricane Frances was the second most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic during 2004 and proved to be very destructive in Florida. It was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.