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Flooding in Downtown New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina From 2000 to the present, at least 40 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Louisiana . According to David Roth of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC), a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about two times every three years, and a ...
The Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan (UWP) is a collaborative, multibillion dollar post-Katrina redevelopment plan for the New Orleans metropolitan area. Originally released in 2013, the UWP is the result of collaborative efforts among Greater New Orleans, Inc., local civic leaders, and stormwater management experts. [ 34 ]
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was a destructive tropical cyclone that devastated parts of the North Island of New Zealand and affected parts of Vanuatu and Australia in February 2023. It is the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the Southern Hemisphere, with total damage estimated to be NZ$ 14.5 billion ( US$ 9.2 billion), in which NZ ...
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The name Gabrielle has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide, six in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean and two in the Australian region. In the Atlantic: Hurricane Gabrielle (1989) – reached Category 4 strength and caused large ocean swells on the East Coast of the United States.
Surfers braved huge waves in New Zealand as Cyclone Gabrielle hit on Monday, 13 February. New Zealand declared a state of emergency - only the third in the country's history - over the extreme ...
The costliest tropical cyclone in New Zealand's history was Cyclone Bola which hit the country in 1988. More than 12 inches (300 mm) of rain hit northern New Zealand with that storm, with ...
Hurricane Gabrielle was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused nine fatalities in the United States and Canada, despite remaining hundreds of miles offshore. The tenth tropical cyclone, seventh named storm, fifth hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Gabrielle developed on August 30 from a tropical wave near the west coast of Africa.