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The 2020 hurricane season has seen the most landfalling tropical cyclones in a single season with 5 total storms. In terms of wind speed , Hurricane Ida , Hurricane Laura , and the 1856 Last Island hurricane are the strongest storms to affect the state, each producing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), equivalent to Category 4 on ...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones, with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 developed into hurricanes, and a record-tying seven further intensified into major ...
Hurricane Audrey (1957) – A Category 3 hurricane that took a similar track through the Texas and Louisiana border. Hurricane Carmen (1974)- A Category 4 hurricane that took a similar path to Laura in Louisiana. Hurricane Lili (2002) – A Category 4 hurricane that made a similar track and made landfall near the border of Texas/Louisiana ...
The storm is expected to continue weakening as it travels inland. As of 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, Francine's center was about 35 miles northwest of New Orleans, the hurricane center said.
It was the twelfth named storm, fourth hurricane, and first major hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It made landfall on August 27, 2020 near Cameron, Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. Within Louisiana, the storm killed 33 people and caused around $17.5 billion in damage. [1]
The Category 3 storm crashed onshore Friday in southwestern Louisiana, compounding misery along a path of destruction left by Hurricane Laura weeks earlier.
2020 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. An average Atlantic hurricane season features 14 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 110. This is according to the new 30-year averages from 1991 to 2020.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Laura became a hurricane Tuesday shortly after entering the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, gathering strength on a path to hit the U.S. coastline as a major storm ...