Hurricane season marking Galveston anniversary with more records
The 2020
On average,
The newest additions, Paulette and Rene (the list is “Q”-less), are the earliest-forming 16th and 17th storms of any season in the satellite era, and add to the string of records that began with Edouard in early July. To earn a name, a storm needs peak winds of at least 39 mph.
Five have become hurricanes, with winds of 74 mph or better; on average the season’s third hurricane doesn’t form until
Neither of the recent entries should affect the
“Paulette is going to be a fish storm, and Rene also is going to be a fish storm,” said Ray Krudzlo, the hydrologist at the National Weather Service Office in
Hurricane forecast updates seeing ‘extremely active’ season. It’s barely begun.But a disturbance off the
Meanwhile, yet another feature in western African is given a 70% chance of becoming a tropical storm, and nothing out there suggests that the hyperactivity is going to wane.
In the satellite era the record for named storms in any season in the basin, which includes the Gulf and
Tropical-storm records and Philly’s stubborn, steamy heat have ties to warm
Back in 1900, when a hurricane leveled the once-prosperous port city of
The storm, which made landfall on
Winds up to 140 mph and storm surge of 15 feet-plus caused catastrophic destruction. Eyewitnesses told of “dead bodies all lying in the ruins, little babies in mothers’ arms.” Corpses were towed on barges and cast into the
10 years after Katrina,
Interestingly, No. 5 for cost was the
A side note: The 1900 storm long predates
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