Despite some heavy rain and winds, the Baton Rouge area was mostly spared serious damage from Hurricane Laura, and attention turned Thursday to the more severely battered western parts of the state. What areas did Hurricane Laura hit in Louisiana? Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, at 1 a.m. CDT,Read More →
Cancun is definitely worth a visit, even during hurricane season. For one thing, the risk of a hurricane actually hitting is very low. For another, the weather is mild—less humid, though a bit rainier once you pass September. Did Hurricane Grace hit the Yucatan? Hurricane Grace Makes Landfall on Mexico’sRead More →
For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate.Read More →
12-13 September 2007. Humberto was the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma struck South Florida in October 2005 and the first hurricane to make landfall along the Texas coast since Rita struck the Texas-Louisiana area in September 2005. Where did Hurricane Humberto start? Humberto formedRead More →
The most likely “worst case scenario” for a hurricane striking Virginia land is for a Class 3 storm to make landfall at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. … South Carolina gets hit by Class 4 hurricanes, including Hurricane Hugo which devastated the state in 1989, while Virginia rarely experiencesRead More →
Both hurricanes caused strong impacts in the region, particularly in 10 countries including Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica (and other Caribbean islands), Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama, affecting more than 7 million people as of 2 December 2020. What places did Hurricane ETA hit? Where did HurricaneRead More →
Maarten/St. Martin. Though the island has recovered from the hurricanes, the Dutch side is at level-3 status, and the French side is level-4. You need to supply proof of a recent negative test, and a seven-day quarantine is recommended for visitors to the French side of the island. When didRead More →
A cyclone is a storm or system of winds that rotates around a center of low atmospheric pressure. An anticyclone is a system of winds that rotates around a center of high atmospheric pressure. Distinctive weather patterns tend to be associated with both cyclones and anticyclones. Is a tornado aRead More →
The storm becomes a hurricane when winds reach a minimum of 74 mph (64 kt). Do tropical storms get renamed when they become hurricanes? A tropical storm gets a name when its sustained winds reach 39 mph; it becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph. … If aRead More →
At 0052 UTC on October 7, tropical storm force winds extended 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from the center of Marco. This made Marco the smallest tropical cyclone ever recorded, surpassing the previous record set on December 24, 1974 by Cyclone Tracy, whose tropical storm-force winds extended 30 miles (48 km).Read More →