Sandy formed in the Atlantic Ocean and gained strength moving North across the Caribbean Sea.
Hurricane Andrew was named on August 22, 1992, as it formed in the Atlantic Ocean. It quickly intensified and became one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history, making landfall in Florida on August 24, 1992. The storm caused significant damage, particularly in South Florida, before moving on to affect Louisiana.
The strongest winds in a hurricane in the northern hemisphere are found on the right side of the storm...this is with respect to the direction the storm is moving. For instance, if the storm is moving north, the right side would be the eastern side of the storm. This is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
It is unlikely that Hurricane Irene will hit Alberta, Canada as hurricanes typically form in the Atlantic Ocean and move towards the east coast of the United States. Alberta is located far inland from the coast, reducing the likelihood of being directly impacted by a hurricane.
Hurricane Ivan originated as a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa, near Cape Verde. It intensified into a tropical storm and then a hurricane as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean towards the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
It would depend on how big the hurricane is and in what direction it is moving in.
A hurricane itself is a low pressure system, but a high pressure system in the same general region can affect the path a hurricane takes. A hurricane can get caught in the clockwise airflow around a high pressure system. For example, many hurricanes in the Atlantic are affected by the Bermuda High, a semipermanent high pressure area over the northern Atlantic. Hurricanes under its influence generally start out moving west and turn north in the western Atlantic or Caribbean.
Danielle did not hit any states, and is now moving away into the North Atlantic.
Sandy formed in the Atlantic Ocean and gained strength moving North across the Caribbean Sea.
Iceland sits astraddle the mid-Atlantic ridge.
Iceland sits astraddle the mid-Atlantic ridge.
The hurricane is projected to hit the eastern coastline of North America, moving in a north-north westerly direction. So probably not.
Hurricane Irene is currently striking North Carolina. It is excepted to continue of the U.S. Atlantic Coast after this before striking New Jersey and Lon Island and then moving into New England. It is also expected to affect areas of the Atlantic Coast in Between. For more information see the related link below.
Hurricane Andrew was named on August 22, 1992, as it formed in the Atlantic Ocean. It quickly intensified and became one of the most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history, making landfall in Florida on August 24, 1992. The storm caused significant damage, particularly in South Florida, before moving on to affect Louisiana.
The strongest winds in a hurricane in the northern hemisphere are found on the right side of the storm...this is with respect to the direction the storm is moving. For instance, if the storm is moving north, the right side would be the eastern side of the storm. This is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
Hurricane Isabel weakened while moving northeastward after making landfall in North Carolina in 2003. It dissipated over the eastern United States and eventually merged with a frontal system over eastern Canada.
It is unlikely that Hurricane Irene will hit Alberta, Canada as hurricanes typically form in the Atlantic Ocean and move towards the east coast of the United States. Alberta is located far inland from the coast, reducing the likelihood of being directly impacted by a hurricane.