made land fall to the east coast line in Galveston Texas. The storm surge water that Ike produced flooded the east coast region of Houston and Galveston. It has been estimated over billions of dollars in damage to home owners, business owners, and cause numerus of deaths. The mass destruction that Ike caused had people coming up ways to prevent or lessen the effects if a storm like this would ever occur in the future. A storm surge project was drafted and submitted to politicians is being delayed
hurricanes. This increase in temperature caused the dangerous floods of Hurricane Irene in 2011 and the deaths of more than eleven thousand people in 1998 due to Hurricane Mitch (Cimons and Landsea). We plan to investigate the impact of floods and storm surges on coastal areas and cities caused by these high water temperatures and the currently proposed and partially effective solutions used to slow hurricane waves and prevent floods. (A) A proposed method of slowing hurricanes, diminishing waves and
Resources Research Institute, and US Army Corps of Engineers lead a discussion of how Louisiana's coastal region is doomed to storm surges. A case in point is the deterioration of the Mississippi Delta, a triangular-shaped deposition of sediment, which works to mitigate flooding and damage caused by storm surges. In fact, every four miles of the delta could knock down a storm surge by one foot. Unfortunately, some areas of the delta like Port Fouchon are losing 40 to 50 feet of land per year. By 2090
and Irma arrived with deadly storm surges in Florida (CNN, 1). With homes ruined and lives lost, authorities were sent down to the unfortunate states to help give them hope for their future. “For Hurricane Harvey, FEMA had supplies and personnel positioned in Texas before the storm made landfall on August 25. Within days, the number of FEMA employees, other federal agencies, and the National Guard deployed topped 31,000…” (U.S. Military, 1). Even before the storm had hit Texas, the Federal Emergency
leading West Pakistan to be disinclined to assisting East Pakistan in recovering from the storm (History 4). This became a factor to the national mutilation of East Pakistan (Geol 1). This calamity is by no means the strongest storm in history. The storm merely struck the worst possible place at the worst possible time (Disaster 172). Due to this, Bhola is frequently recognized as the most devastating tropical storm in history (International 5). In 1970, East Pakistan, about the size of Wisconsin, had
As my family and I were enjoying watching our family-friends continue to win in the Little League World Series, we were hearing news of a possible historical storm preparing to hit the gulf coast. The Ewa Beach team, with my Uncle Clint as a coach and his son Ty, continued to win and the Louisiana team stuck around. Even though they were out of the tournament, it was decided that it was not safe for them to go back yet. Ewa Beach went back to Hawaii as World Champions, while Louisiana eventually
hurricane. A hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which is a rotating low-pressure weather system that has an organized system of thunderstorms and clouds and forms over tropical or subtropical waters. Like most other disasters, hurricanes are considered to be very serious due to their destructive nature. They can cause catastrophic damage to anything in their path and deaths with their strong winds, heavy rainfall, large waves, and storm surges. One notable hurricane that definitely
after it struck. Restoration for the areas hit was going to need support from all of America and support groups across the country. No one was ready for this tragedy or could ever predict the horrible outcome. Hurricanes are powerful and destructive storms that involve great rain and wind. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a great amount of damage. However, there is one hurricane that happened in 2005 that stands out among the others, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane
Hurricanes are formed over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds over 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms addressed here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This paper will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms. Year of Occurrence Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina occurred in the year 2005; it made landfall on the morning of August 29th. However, the origins of this storm began as early as August 24, 2005. In the course of
everything they ever worked for. Hurricane Katrina, stated one of the strongest storms ever to hit the United States over the past 100 years. It is considered the 3rd most powerful hurricane to make a record of 108 billion dollars in damage. The duration of the storm was from August 23rd to August 31st in 2005, the
There are several effects associated to the change in global temperature, mainly affecting ecosystems and populations worldwide. Among these effects or consequences are sea-level rise, drought, floods, loss of mangroves, and the intensification of storms and climate processes such as El Nino and La Nina. Recent studies have focused on sea-level rise and the global effects. Over the past 100 years, sea levels have increased by 10 to 20 centimeters (World Bank, 2003). Moreover, arctic sea-ice has continued
meters above sea level.4 Due to the fact that coastal regions tend to be so heavily populated, inundation events can be catastrophic.3 1.1 General Causes of Inundation There are three main causes of inundation.2 Storm surges are waves that are larger than usual, which occur during storm events such as tropical cyclones due to strong onshore winds, low barometric pressures and increased wave height. Tsunami are “large waves generated by an abrupt disturbance of the sea surface” 1, which can cause
Over the years the volatile community has been plague with natural disaster, with the intrusion of large surges invading their community and disrupting their social, physical, economical livelihood. Due to the active hurricane season Jamaica has, the constant recovery of Portland Cottage has cause economic strain on a continuous basis. The need to evaluate the settlement pattern and means of relocation is necessary to protect the vulnerable, prevent loss of life and property as well as to provide
finally how all of this resulted in the questioning of all the infrastructure against flood defences at the time so that so big losses do not happen again. Firstly to understand the catastrophes that have taken place we need to understand how the storm surge, which as a finality lead to the flooding, was created. At the time meteorologists recorded a deep depression arriving from the Atlantic and that was leading East, this advanced to it passing through the North of Scotland. A very interesting phenomena
and dynamic, yet gentrified city of Hoboken, New Jersey, soon became a swimming pool. The severe rain and storm surge, left many residents stranded in their homes and without power, for as long as two weeks. The storm quickly raised awareness for the city’s environmental vulnerability, and created strong need for resiliency in rebuilding, and being prepared when looking forward to other storms. The Recovery Process Although Superstorm Sandy had dreadful affects on the region, there have been certain
Introduction Hurricane Sandy brought devastation to the Atlantic coast in late October 2012. The storm claimed lives and caused major destruction, ranging in billions of dollars’ worth of damages. Throughout this paper, topics covering the storm will be discussed such as conditions leading to its formation, the path of the storm, landfall and its destruction, and ending with rebuilding efforts and future readiness. The Formation Hurricane Sandy began as a tropical wave in the Caribbean on October
Floods are large quantities of water which have been flowed onto what should have been dry land. There are three types of floods. Slow-onset floods, rapid-onset floods and flash floods. Slow-onset floods usually only occur in WA, NSW and QLD. On inland Rivers and around flat areas.They take days to build up and can last form 1 week up to months on end. It results in loss of crop, livestock, roads and railways. Rapid-onset floods effect most towns and cities across Australia. They are far more damaging
Taylor Vlad Ecology Ferrara February 13, 2014 There are on average 17 hurricanes per a ten-year time span. Natural and human caused disasters happen every day due to natural occurrence or human error. Since 1495, hurricanes have been recorded as a God caused occurrence but as technology has advanced, they are proven to have purely scientific roots. Hurricanes are also known as cyclones or typhoons depending on where in the world they occur. Hurricanes are a natural disaster that can have devastating
“The eighth named storm, third major hurricane, and the first major hurricane of 2017.” Hurricane Harvey has been the first major hurricane to hit land in the united states since 2005. This tropical storm is listed as the “wettest cyclone” in the United States. Resulting in at least 66 deaths and costing roughly 190 billion dollars, according to FEMA director Brock Long. Beginning on August 13th, the National Hurricane Center started watching a wave on the African Coast, on August 17th thunderstorms
some way. Hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones, are tropical storms that can last for two or more weeks. They range from a category one hurricane to a category five. During a category one hurricane there are winds from seventy-four to ninety-five miles per hour. A category five hurricane brings winds that are one hundred fifty-five miles per hour or higher. The damage from hurricanes can be from the flooding, storm surges, or even the winds. The damage ranges from uprooting trees to creating