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The 1856 Last Island hurricane (also known as the Great Storm of 1856) was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that is tied with 2020's Hurricane Laura and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds. [1]
August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
Last Days of Last Island: The Hurricane of 1856, Louisiana's First Great Storm. Lafayette, Louisiana: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. ISBN 978-1-887366-88-5. Falls, Rose C. (1893). Cheniere Caminada or The Wind Of Death: The Story Of The Storm In Louisiana (Chapter VII. Last Island). New Orleans: Hopkins' Printing Office. pp. 70– 71.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems that could develop over the next week, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. NHC tracking system with 40% chance of formation near Gulf of Mexico
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a new ... and hurricanes), the last time that we went from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 with no named storm activity in the Atlantic was 1997. ... south of the Big ...
Storm tracker: National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Kirk, 4 other systems Gabe Hauari and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Updated October 3, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as measured by maximum sustained winds.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on tropical systems for Saturday, Aug. 31. For the latest on the possibility of new Atlantic storms view our story for Sunday, Sept. 1.. The National ...