Topic: Hurricanes
Astronaut Douglas Wheelock aboard the International Space Station (ISS) caught this image of the eye of the
storm as the ISS flew over Hurricane Earl just to the east on Sept. 3. Wheelock noted that it looks like magnificent
chaos from up there on the Space Station and called it incredibly breathtaking.Credit: NASA, Douglas Wheelock
A hurricane is a • Low pressure, tropical cyclone, over
warm water
• Winds exceeding 74 mph
• Winds move counterclockwise and inward.
The Anatomy of a Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005
Eye
Eye Wall
Spiral Rain
Bands
Eye: center of the storm where it is calm, few clouds.
• Used to classify hurricanes categories 1-5
• Based on wind speeds
Saffir-Simpson Scale
House blown away at Pascagoula, Alabama (Hurricane Katrina)
What is the #1 cause of deaths by hurricanes?
Storm Surge: rising of sea level due to high winds and waves.
• Causes 90% of all deaths, injuries and damages
Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial
District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. New York
City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets
and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater
and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels. (AP
Photo/Richard Drew)
This breach in Fire Island National Seashore was created by Hurricane Sandy, and
National Park Service officials have not decided whether to let it refill on its own or
send crews to fill it in. NPS photo of the Old Inlet breach.
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Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Igor
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dorian
Erin
Fernand
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Nestor
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gonzalo
Hanna
Isaias
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paulette
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
Retired Hurricane Names Atlantic Storms Retired Into Hurricane History
Agnes (1972): Florida, Northeast U.S.
Alicia (1983): North Texas Allen (1980): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas Allison (2001): northeast Texas Andrew (1992): Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana Anita (1977): Mexico Audrey (1957): Louisiana, North Texas Betsy (1965): Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana Beulah (1967): Antilles, Mexico, South Texas Bob (1991): North Carolina & Northeast U.S. Camille (1969): Louisiana, Mississippi
Carla (1961): Texas Carmen (1974): Mexico, Central Louisiana Carol (1954): Northeast U.S. Cesar (1996): Honduras Celia (1970): South Texas Charley (2004): Jamaica, western Cuba, Florida Cleo (1964): Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba,
Connie (1955): North Carolina David (1979): Lesser Antilles, Hispañola, Florida and Eastern U.S. Dennis (2005): Alabama, Florida Diana (1990): Mexico Diane (1955): Mid-Atlantic U.S. & Northeast U.S. Donna (1960): Bahamas, Florida and Eastern U.S. Dora (1964): Northeast Florida Edna (1968) Elena (1985): Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida Eloise (1975): Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama Fabian (2003): Bermuda Fifi (1974): Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana Flora (1963): Haiti, Cuba Floyd (1999): North Carolina, eastern seaboard Fran (1996): North Carolina Frances (2004): Florida
Frederic (1979): Alabama and Mississippi Georges (1998): Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Mississippi Gilbert (1988): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Gloria (1985): North Carolina, Northeast U.S. Hattie (1961): Belize, Guatemala Hazel (1954): Antilles, North and South Carolina Hilda (1964): Louisiana Hortense (1996) Hugo (1989): Antilles, South Carolina Inez (1966): Lesser Antilles, Hispanola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico Ione (1955): North Carolina Iris (2001): Belize, Guatemala Isabel (2003): North Carolina Isidore (2002): Cuba, northern Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Ivan (2004): Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, western Cuba, Alabama, Wilma (2005): Janet (1955): Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico Jeanne (2004): Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, northern Bahamas, Florida Joan (1988): Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua (Crossed into the Pacific and became Miriam) Juan (2003): Nova Scotia Katrina (2005): South Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Keith (2000): Belize, Mexico Klaus (1990): Martinique Lenny (1999): Antilles Lili (2002): Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Louisiana Luis (1995) Marilyn (1995): Bermuda Michelle (2001): Central America, Cuba, northern Bahamas Mitch (1998): Central America, Nicaragua, Honduras Opal (1995): Florida Panhandle Rita (2005): northeast Texas, western Louisiana Roxanne (1995): Yucatan Peninsula Sandy (2012)
Stan (2005): Mexico
Final Question (FQ):
What hurricane factor causes the most deaths?
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