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Hurricane Gustav (/ ˈ ɡ ʊ s t ɑː v /) was the second most destructive tropical cyclone of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.The seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Gustav caused serious damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States.
August 5 – Hurricane Debby made landfall near peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) near Steinhatchee in the Big Bend region, 17 miles (27 km) from where Hurricane Idalia struck a year prior. Five fatalities were reported in the state after the passage of the storm, three of which occurred in ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Hurricane Gustav was a Category 2 hurricane that paralleled the East Coast of the United States in September 2002 during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season.It was the seventh named storm and first hurricane of the season.
The deaths make 2024 the deadliest hurricane season since 2005, said National Hurricane Center director Michael Brennan. ... landfall on the U.S. mainland this year, according to a USA TODAY ...
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... It started as a Category 5 hurricane when it formed near the coast of Africa, but was downgraded to a Category 3 when it made ...
1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the southeastern coast of the Isle of Youth, Cuba with winds of 145 mph (233 km/h). [13] 2200 UTC (6:00 p.m. EDT) – Hurricane Gustav reaches its peak intensity with winds of 155 mph (249 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 941 mbar (27.8 inHg).
More: Asheville family - including 7-year-old - swept to deaths by Helene's floodwaters Ryley Ober is the Public Safety Reporter for Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA Today Network.