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What factors make a storm surge weaker or stronger?
Storm surge is generally made stronger by several factors:Stronger winds.Larger area covered by strong winds.Longer duration at a higher intensity.Lower barometric pressure, though this is a smaller contributor.High tide, though not a component of storm surge, can add to it in what is called a storm tide.The opposites of these will lead to a small storm surge.Originally storm surge was correlated with wind speed alone, but this was discarded.Examples:In 2004 Hurricane Charley struck Florida as a strong category 4 hurricane. This would normally bring a very large storm surge, but the storm was small and had only recently intensified from a category 2.In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast as a category 3, but due to the storm's enormous size and having recently weakened from a category 5, it had an enormous storm surge.
What rank is hurricane Katrina in the biggest storm category?
Hurricane Katrina is rank 3.
What category stage was Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall?
Hurricane Sandy was a category 1 hurricane at landfall in Jamaica, and a category 3 storm at landfall in Cuba and the Bahamas. It hit the U.S. east coast with category 1 winds.
What is the category of hurricane hermine?
the category of the hurricane was when the hurricane came toresed us we all whent under ground to be safe in sound
Is hurricane Hanna bad?
Hurricane Hanna was a ferocious storm because the high winds, flooding along coast,and it was a category 2 or 3.
What category hurricane has a stormm surge 9-12 feet?
Originally, a storm surge of 9-12 feet was listed for a category 3 hurricane. This association is no longer used as storm surge is influenced by more than just the sustained wind speed used to determine a hurricane's category.
What factors make a storm surge weaker or stronger?
Storm surge is generally made stronger by several factors:Stronger winds.Larger area covered by strong winds.Longer duration at a higher intensity.Lower barometric pressure, though this is a smaller contributor.High tide, though not a component of storm surge, can add to it in what is called a storm tide.The opposites of these will lead to a small storm surge.Originally storm surge was correlated with wind speed alone, but this was discarded.Examples:In 2004 Hurricane Charley struck Florida as a strong category 4 hurricane. This would normally bring a very large storm surge, but the storm was small and had only recently intensified from a category 2.In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast as a category 3, but due to the storm's enormous size and having recently weakened from a category 5, it had an enormous storm surge.
What rank is hurricane Katrina in the biggest storm category?
Hurricane Katrina is rank 3.
What category stage was Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall?
Hurricane Sandy was a category 1 hurricane at landfall in Jamaica, and a category 3 storm at landfall in Cuba and the Bahamas. It hit the U.S. east coast with category 1 winds.
Has there ever been a hurricane named Katie?
Yes. Hurricane Katie was a category 3 hurricane and the last storm of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season.
What is the category of hurricane hermine?
the category of the hurricane was when the hurricane came toresed us we all whent under ground to be safe in sound
What category was hurricane Micheal in?
Hurricane Mitch was a category 5 hurricane.
What was the deadliest hurricane known?
The Bhola Cyclone, which struck the country of East Pakistan (now called Bangladesh) in November, 1970, is generally regarded as the deadliest tropical cyclone on record. It was equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. The storm surge and flooding killed an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people.
Is hurricane Hanna bad?
Hurricane Hanna was a ferocious storm because the high winds, flooding along coast,and it was a category 2 or 3.
What category for hurricanes are the most destructive?
The worst category of hurricane is a category 5, with winds of at least 156 mph.
What category is hurricane Irma?
As of 2:00 PM on September 9, 2017 Hurricane Irma is a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph. It has weakened from its earlier intensity as a category 5. Irma is expected to reintensify into a category 4 storm before hitting Florida.
Is there a tornado with the name erika?
No. Tornadoes are not given names like that. Hurricanes are. There were two Hurricane Erikas. One was a category 3 hurricane in 1997 and the other a category 1 storm in 2003. There was also a Tropical Storm Erika in 1991, and another in 2009.
