The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Craig Key, Long Key, and Upper Matecumbe and Lower Matecumbe Keys 423 dead, of them 269 WWI veterans 1 st category 5 hurricane.

The Labor Day The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935Hurricane of 1935

Craig Key, Long Key, and Upper Matecumbe and Lower Matecumbe Keys

423 dead, of them 269 WWI veterans

1st category 5 hurricane to hit the USA

Most intense hurricane to hit the USA

It is the only storm known to make landfall in the United States with a minimum central pressure below 900 mbar at 892 mbar

185mph wind speeds.

Its eye was eight miles across, and the fiercest winds extended only 15 miles right of the center.

Storm Surge 18-20 ft.

Path and Land EffectedPath and Land Effected

8/29 formed near the Bahamas as a tropical disturbance

9/1 near Andros Island category 1 hurricane

9/1-9/2 reached Gulf Stream and gained strength to a category 5 before hitting the northern Keys at 8:30 pm

9/4 hit land northern Florida as a category 2 hurricane

Continued north becoming a tropical storm over land until 9/6 when it became a hurricane once again off the coast over the northern Atlantic before dissipating near Greenland

DamageDamage

$6 million in 1935 Inflation

$82 million in 2005

$94 million in 2008

Hurricane Camille August 17, 1969

Camille’s Demographics

• Winds: 190 mph • Pressure: 909 Mb• Storm – Surge: 22-25

feet above mean tide• Caused total of 256

deaths.• $1.42 billion in

damages

Storm Path:

• August 14th : Camille detected by satellite• August 15th: Hurricane on the tip of Cuba• August 16th: Traveling on through the Gulf of Mexico• August 17th: Camille, now expected to hit coast of

Mississippi

• Overall, although Camille did not have as many fatalities as Katrina it still remains the strongest storm to ever enter the United States mainland.

Hurricane Hugo1989

Hurricane Hugo

• Areas Affected:– Guadeloupe– Montserrat– Dominica– British Virgin Islands– U.S. Virgin Islands– Puerto Rico– North &South Carolina– most of eastern North America

• Dates: – Formed Sep. 9 1989– Dissipated:Sep.12 1989

• Winds: 160 mph• Pressure: 918 mbar

• Development: – 9/9 Tropical wave off coast

of Africa (westward) – 9/11 Tropical Storm– 9/13Tropical hurricane

• Category – Intensity @ category 5– Hit S.Carolina as cat 4

• Fatalities: 96 Direct• Damages:

– (1989) $10 Billion– (2008) $17.4 Billion

Great Miami Hurricane

Miami, Alabama, Mississippi, and Pensacola.

1926

Category, Surge, Pressure, and Wind

Category = 4 hurricane Surge = 15 feet Pressure = 935 mbar (27.61 in Hg) Wind = 125 mph (201 km/h)

Cost and Death

Cost =$90 billion Death = , the death toll is uncertain since more

than 800 people were missing in the aftermath of the hurricane. A Red Cross report lists 373 deaths and 6,381 injuries as a result of the hurricane.

Number 7 out of the Top ten Deadliest Hurricanes

The Grand Isle Hurricane of 1909 Where: Grand Isle ,Louisiana When: September 1909 Death toll: At least 350 Strength: Category 4 storm, 15-foot storm

surge Cost: $6 million of damage

The SLOSH simulation for the September 1909, Grand Isle Hurricane.

Category 4 Hurricane

Audrey formed on June 25 1957

Audrey dissipated on June 29 1957

During her destruction she managed to kill 600+ people

Destruction Audrey was the worst hurricane devastation since

the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. In 1957 the total cost of destruction was 147

million dollars (equivalent to 1.1 billion dollars today)

16 million dollars in damage to off shore oil facilities alone

No future hurricanes have killed more people until Katrina in 2005

Strength of Audrey

Audrey holds the record for being the earliest storm to reach a category 4 (strongest storm to ever form in June)

Pressure in the storm dropped to 938 mb Peak wind speed reached 150 mph Storm surge of 7 feet was reported

Landfall

Audrey made landfall in Eastern Texas and Louisiana

even after making landfall and weakening slightly Audrey created 23 tornados in Mississippi and Alabama killing 2 people and injuring 14

On her way up through the country she caused flooding in the Ohio Valley (10 fatalities) and had sustained winds of 100 mph in the storms she created in Pennsylvania

Three fatalities were also reported in Canada due to storms with winds in excess of 80 mph

Hurricane Comics

Katrina

Whore of the Gulf

Katrina at its worstCategory 5

Stats

Formed on August 23, 2008 in the Pacific Broke up on August 30 2005 Lowest recorded pressure: 902 mbar Highest winds: 175 mph Cost: $81.2 Billion Cost today: $89.6 Billion Dead: 1800+ Over 700 missing

Storm Surge18 feet

6th Strongest Hurricane ROAR!

Passed through South Florida as a Category 1 hurricane

Hit Louisiana as a Category 3 on August 28, 2008

Hurricane Andrew

• Hurricane Andrew is the second most powerful, and the last of three category 5 hurricanes.

• Andrew caused 65 deaths.

Formed August 16, 1992.

Dissipated August 28, 1992.

Areas AffectedBahamas, South Florida, Louisiana, and other areas of the Southern United States

Hurricane Andrew

• 175 mph (285 km/h) (1-minute sustained)

• 922 mbar (hPa; 27.24 inHg)

• $26.5 billion (1992 USD)

• $40.7 billion (2008 USD)

Hurricane Andrew’s Path

Hurricane of 1915: Eastern Texas and New Orleans, LA.

Hurricane of 1915

• Made land fall on August 17, 1915.

• Mainly affected East Texas, just southwest of Galveston.

• Storm lasted longer than the 1900 storm had.

• Sea surge flooded parts of Galveston for 40 hours.

• Erosion to the sea wall occurred.

• 3OO ft. of beach was washed out to sea.

• The 9, 750 lb. Trinity Shoals buoy was moved ten miles.

Hurricane of 1915

• Category 4 storm, out in the ocean.

• Category 3 storm when it made landfall.

• 120 mph sustained winds.

• Pressure of 28.06’’, at the eye.

• 16.2’ storm surge.

• 21 ‘ wave crests.

Galveston Hurricane 1900Galveston

Hurricane

Facts

• Formed: 8/27/1900• Dissipated: 9/12/1900• Death Toll: 6,000- 12,000

–3rd highest casualty rate of any Atlantic hurricane (after Great Hurricane of 1780

• Category : 4 Storm• Winds: 135 mph• Cost:

–(1900) 20 Mil–(2008) 516 Mil

Facts Storm Path

• Pressure: 936 mbar• Areas affected:

–Puerto Rico–Dominican Puerto Rico– Dominican Republic–Haiti, Cuba–South Florida, Mississippi,

Louisiana, Texas (particularly around Galveston), much of the Central United States, Great Lakes region, Atlantic Canada

Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on

September 8, just before landfall.

Hurricane Donna and Okeechobee

Marshall Plumley

August 1960

Formed on August 29th, 1960, and dissipatedon September 14th

It crossed over Southern Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, then turned back, and made it's way up the East Coast 

$900 Million in damages in 1960 ($6 billion today; $26.8 billion for Atlantic countries involved) 

Donna caused 364 direct deaths

Highest recorded wind speed was160 mph,with gusts of up to 180

Lowest pressure was 930 mb

Storm surge in Florida was 13ft, later on in New York Harbor it was recorded at 11 ft

Donna holds the record for longest "Major Hurricane" status

Hurricane Okeechobee

September of 1928

 Southern Florida was the most affected in the US

2,500+ people were killed in Florida alone;4,000+ died altogether (including Puerto Rico and the Bahamas) 

$100 million dollars in damages in 1928

 $1 billion in damages for just the U.S., and $33 billion for all countries affected

Intensity

The lowest recorded pressure of the storm was 929 mb 

Wind speed reached up to 160 mph 

Storm surge was 10-15 ft above normal tide

Waves were likely 20+ feet high