Choose an Atmospheric Event such as a hurricane, tornado, typhoon, etc. Give me a name of a significant storm, the date that storm occurred, basic facts about that storm, where it occurred and casualties if any.
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I chose the Tri-State Tornado. This tornado occurred on March 18, 1925 and traveled through 3 states, giving this tornado its name. At the time the storm occurred the NOAA was not formed and would not form until October 3, 1970. The NOAA would have used the F-scale (Fujita scale) to categorize the tornado. Even though it wasn't used at that time, it is recognized as a F5 tornado. The tornado traveled a total of over 219 miles, the longest ever distance traveled by a tornado. It traveled through Southeast Missouri, through Southeast Illinois, and into Southwest Indiana. The tornado lasted about 3.5 hours, which means the tornado traveled at an average 62.5 mph! There was a total of 747 deaths in this historic event, being the deadliest tornado ever recorded.
The atmospheric event that I choose is Hurricane Katrina. This was a horrible hurricane that drastically effect the lives of many people. No wonder it's known as one of the five deadliest hurricanes. This horrible hurricane hit the coast of the United States and damaged cities like New Orleans, LA, etc. It came in August, 2005. This hurricane reached a category 5 and killed a total of 1,836 people. I remember hearing about this hurricane on the news and how horrible it was. I also remember people trying to raise money. Overall, about 4 billion dollars were raised to help for this hurricane, and eventually, these places recovered from the horrible Hurricane Katrina!
ReplyDeleteThe Great Blizzard of 1888 is the event that I chose to type about. The blizzard had winds that were an astonishing 35 miles an hour! It also had snow that limits visibility at 500 feet or less. The storm started as rain on March 11th, which eventually turned into snow on March 12th. Once that happened, the temperatures dropped and the wind started to blow very hard. The storm lasted for 36 hours with the steady falling of snow and gusts of wind. When it all finished, it was 40-50 inches of snow that had fallen in New Jersey, New York, Massachusettes, and Connecticut. People were also in their homes for about a week.
ReplyDeleteMarch 11-March 14 1888( Days of occurrence)
The Daulatpur-Salturia Tornado occured on April 26, 1989. This tornado occured in Manikganj District, Bangladesh and named the deadliest tornado in history. 1,300 people died, 12,000 people were injured, and 80,000 people were left homeless.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Hazel occurred on October 15, 1954. This is the most famous hurricane in Canadian history struck Southern Ontario. It reached 110 kilometers per hour (68mph) and 285 millimeters of rain in 48 hours. Streets had been washed out along with homes into Lake Ontario. Many people were left homeless, and 81 people were killed more than 30 on one street alone. The destruction was estimated at $100 million. This changed the landscape of Toronto forever.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Isabel which occurred on September 18, 2003 and hit the eastern coast of North Carolina as a category 2 hurricane. The meteorologist predicted that the hurricane was going to hit hard enough that the people should evacuate the areas that Isabel was going to hit. Isabel did not cause deaths that we know of because it wasn't such an intense storm, if there were deaths than it was a really low number.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Rita:
ReplyDeleteHurricane Rita made landfall on September 23, 2005. It hit places like Texas and Louisiana. It was a category 3 with 120 mph winds. Seven deaths directly from the hurricane were recorded and 113 indirect deaths. The cost of damage was 10 billion dollars.
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ReplyDelete1953 Waco tornado outbreak
ReplyDeleteThe 1953 Waco tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected portions of the central United States from May 9–11, 1953, killing 144 people. It is most known for the F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas, on May 11, 1953, killing 114 people. Durring this outbreak there was a total of 33 tornados.
On October 4th 1945, a typhoon began developing in the Caroline Islands. The storm unexpectedly veered north toward Okinawa, and gained intensity before hitting land. On October 9th, when the storm passed over the island, winds of 92 miles per hour and 30-35 foot waves hit ships and oceanic huts. A total of 12 ships were sunk, and 222 grounded. Casualties were listed at 36 killed, 47 missing, and 100 injured. Almost all the food, medical supplies and other stores were destroyed.Also over 80% of all housing and buildings were ruined, and all the military installations on the island were temporarily out of action.
ReplyDeleteIn 2005 hurricane katrina hit New Orleans as a category 5 hurricane. Katrin killed 1,836 people and injured tons more and destroted houses.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Floyd was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Floyd triggered the third largest evacution in US histiory when 2.6 million coastal residents of five states were ordered from their homes as it apporached. Floyd impacted the East Coast in September 14 to 18 1999. The greatest damages were along the eastern carolinas northeast into New Jersey.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Beulah was the second tropical storm and hurricane of the 1967, it was also the only major hurricane of that season. It consisted of $1 billion dollars in damage on texas, 58 fatalities, and 115 tornadoes, from the one hurricane! The huricane was a category 5 and went through Mexico to get to Texas. When it got to Texas it went through most of Texas at a high category before it demished. The hurricane was able to produce 115 tornadoes throughout Texas with $1 billion dollars in damage.
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