Hurricane Wind Damage


Hurricane Wind Damage
Hurricane Katrina DURING the storm Biloxi, Ms.

Which of these causes most damage – wind, rain or cold?

Which tends to cause most damage to our surroundings – the wind (e.g. hurricane or tornado), rain (e.g. flooding) or the cold (e.g. ice and snow)?

Flooding, without question. Just look at the damage from Hurricane Katrina or Cyclone Nargis.

EDIT: I was answering flooding in general, not just rain-caused flooding.

A summary of Hurricane Ike

Ike forms in Atlantic

Hurricane "Ike" began as a tropical wave the coast of Africa around 29 August 2008. A few days later, by 1 September it was in the ninth tropical depression developed

Hurricane season and was classified Tropical storm Ike later in the day. Ike underwent rapid deepening on September 3 in the morning of the fourth. It had a magnitude 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale on 140 hours miles achieved. Shortly after this, northerly wind shear began to weaken its toll and north of the Leeward Islands.

Ike moves into the Islands

Ike underwent another revival phase as it moved west southwest into the Turks and Caicos Islands and southern Bahamas. Grand Turk was hit in the northern eye wall and Great Inagua, Bahamas received a direct. Extensive damage occurred throughout these locations, with preliminary estimates show 80% of the houses on Grand Turk received some damage. Ike continued toward Cuba making landfall on the northeastern coast of Cuba. It crossed Cuba and turned more to the northwest, barely out of its southern coast. After Ike made a second landfall in the western part of the country, if not in the vicinity of Hurricane Gustav Landfall long.

Ike began to increase immediately after you arrive in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The Keys received some flooding, had squally weather and isolated by a reported tornado. In similar fashion to Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike had a very low air pressure in the central Gulf of Mexico, but not increase significantly. Dry air on the western Side of the hurricane kept it from strengthening until just before landfall.

Ike makes landfall in Texas

High storm tides flooded the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coast twenty-four hours to landfall. Storm surges of 10-15 feet were common in these areas. Ike made landfall on 13 September clock at 2:10 CDT at Galveston, TX. Even though Ike was classified as a category two hurricane with winds of 110 miles an hour, very few gusts over 100 km / h on land. Winds a few hundred meters above the ground were recorded much higher, however, were damaged and many windows on the skyscrapers in Houston. Rainfall totals close were ten inches in Houston reported. Heavy rain continues in the middle part of the U.S. as Ike merged with a cold front. Power was at around four and a half million people at the height The hurricane lost.

Summary

In summary, a huge hurricane Ike. The tropical storm wind speed exceeded Area extended to the Hurricane Katrina. In the central Gulf of Mexico extended winds of tropical storm or higher from 275 miles away from the center. Ike's to feel effects not only on the coast were, but extended inland. Wind damage and / or flooding rains followed the path of Ike in the south of Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and New England. Rainfall totals of ten inches or more were recorded in the southern Great Lakes. Power outages were also from wind damage also to the north in the common Ohio Valley. After damage estimates are finished, Ike probably one of the costliest hurricanes ever hit the U.S. will become.

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