Sentences with phrase «on hurricane winds»

Back in 1987, I wrote the first paper on the topic of how climate change might influence hurricanes, showing that the thermodynamic «speed limit» on hurricane winds would increase as the climate warms.

Homeowners without flood insurance could only make insurance claims based on hurricane wind damage.

Not exact matches

The storm surge — the quick rise in water caused by a hurricane's strong winds — crested several feet at the height of the storm on the Texas coast.

Harvey's devastating hurricane - force winds, storm surge on the Gulf Coast, and landmark flooding inland combined to make it a catastrophic event for Texas.

Harvey arrived on the shores of Texas as a hurricane Friday night, packing sustained wind speeds as high as 130 mph.

The «extremely dangerous» hurricane was downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 4 early on Friday, but it still packed winds as strong as 155 miles per hour.

The «extremely dangerous» hurricane was downgraded from a category 5 to a category 4 early on Friday, but it still packed winds as strong as 155 miles per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an hurricane was downgraded from a category 5 to a category 4 early on Friday, but it still packed winds as strong as 155 miles per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, drove toward Florida on Friday as it lashed the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, leaving behind at least 21 deaths and a swath of destruction.

The eye of Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour (295 km per hour), passed over the island of Barbuda east of Puerto Rico, early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported, possibly hitting Florida on Saturday.

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en route to a possible Florida landfall at the weekend.

On the tiny island of Barbuda — where the hurricane first made landfall — cell towers snapped under the force of 185 - mile per hour winds, cutting off communication.

Hurricane Maria made landfall at 6:15 am on September 20 in Yabucoa, in southeastern Puerto Rico, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 - 200 mph source.

September 2017 — Present / Virgin Islands On September 6, Hurricane Irma slammed into the US Virgin Islands as a category 5 hurricane.The islands suffered severe wind and flood damage, reducing many areas to rubble.

On Thursday, forecasters said Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane packing 115 mile - per - hour (100 knot) wind speeds by landfall late Friday or early Saturday.

When Hurricane Irma roared into Florida on Sunday and Monday, its winds and rains knocked out power for 6.5 million people in the state.

In fact, it can be the most dangerous part of any hurricane, and it is only partly determined by wind speed (the aspect of a storm on which the hurricane categories are based).

When Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico on September 20, the Category 4 winds knocked down cellphone towers and destroyed the power grid.

It's possible that historic hurricane records, which go back to the 1800s, are incomplete or have inaccurate information on wind speeds and size.

Irma smashed into Florida on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with 130 - mph winds.

By late Wednesday, Maria had weakened to a Category 3 storm with its center closing in on the Dominican Republic, moving northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Irma, still in the Atlantic, strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday, with wind speeds in excess of 175 miles per hour.

The storm began its life just west of Guinea - Bissau, Africa, on Aug. 27 as a non-tropical disturbance, with winds of just 29 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

The story is told of a butterfly flapping its wings and the wind from this seemingly unrelated action eventually ends in a major wind storm or hurricane on another continent thousands of miles away.

In the days after this image was taken, Jose would obtain major hurricane status (Category 3), marking the first time on record where two Atlantic storms had 150 mph winds at the same time.

Irma is likely to be a large and very dangerous Category 3 or 4 hurricane with 120 — 150 mph winds when it makes landfall in the Florida Keys on Sunday morning.

America's hospitals were beset by an unusual number of calamities in 2017: Fires raged in Northern and Southern California; hurricanes displaced thousands in Houston, Florida and Puerto Rico; the deadliest mass shooting in modern history killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others in Las Vegas; and an attack at a Bronx hospital in which a doctor turned a gun on his former colleagues, killing one and injuring six.

Hurricane Maria made landfall at 6:15 am on September 20 in Yabucoa, in southeastern Puerto Rico, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155mph source.

Irma made landfall Sept. 6 on the island of Barbuda as a Category 5 storm packing winds of up to 185 mph, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record and ultimately forcing the evacuation of the entire population of the island.

We have just experienced a night of howling wind and rain as Hurricane Irma edges ever closer towards us on Necker and the British Virgin Islands.

The lighting storms, thunder, rain, wind, hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, snow and ice, heat and drought, death, illness, blindness, deafness, this list could go on and on.

Science questions the answers, e.g. hurricanes are caused by warm moist ocean air being drawn up into the cooler atmosphere and creating a wind pattern though we are still open to consider other factors that may have influence on this cycle.

On August 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston hard with winds of 130 mph and up to 52 inches of rain, overflowing the bayous, reservoirs, lakes, and rivers.

On the bright side, forecasts show that Hurricane Maria is weakening, with sustained wind speeds of 80 miles per hour, and is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by Tuesday.

The eye of Hurricane Maria is located over eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning, bringing sustained winds of 150 mph and a possible storm surge of 6 - 9 feet.

Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road.

Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday with heavy winds and rain, knocking out all power to the island.

On September 6, Hurricane Irma produced 100 mile - per - hour winds and cut off power to two - thirds of the island of Puerto Rico.

High winds, dangerous rip currents and potential coastal flooding could turn parts of Long Island into a soggy and treacherous mess as the area braces for a glancing but powerful blow from Hurricane Jose — one of two strong tropical storms on the National Hurricane Center's watch list.

BY MICHAEL CAHILL PHOTOS BY TOM MCGUIRE AND DYLAN SKRILOFF Hurricane Sandy blew through Rockland County on this week, with high winds and a record storm surge.

A nor» easter slammed New York City on the five - year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, bringing heavy rain and some flooding, with winds projected to become stronger last night.

The center of the massive Category 5 hurricane made a direct hit on the island, whipping it with powerful wind and rain for longer than 30 hours.

With Hurricane Irma closing in on Florida, the storm's winds are already lashing parts of the state.

The Florida Highway Patrol says two people have died in a head - on crash in a county where Hurricane Irma's wind and rain have started to blow in.

Puerto Rican scientists are still taking stock of the magnitude of the wreckage nearly two weeks after the hurricane made landfall on Sept. 20 as Category 4 winds propelled trees into buildings, knocked out power systems, left residents without fuel for generators and transportation and diminished access to drinking water and food supplies.

HAITI has been pummelled by hurricane Matthew, which brought flooding and violent winds when it hit on Tuesday.

Out of 58 hurricanes, 56 showed a significant correlation between lightning activity and wind speed, with peak winds arriving 30 hours after the lightning on average.

They calculated how much energy each recorded hurricane released, based on its wind speeds and how long it lasted.

Winds gusting at speeds of up to 1,650 km / h blow from West to East in the equatorial atmosphere, thirteen times the strength of the most destructive hurricane force winds that form on Earth «s equWinds gusting at speeds of up to 1,650 km / h blow from West to East in the equatorial atmosphere, thirteen times the strength of the most destructive hurricane force winds that form on Earth «s equwinds that form on Earth «s equator.

Hurricane - force winds blasted Puerto Rico on 20 September, downing power lines and damaging buildings across the island.

Hurricane Donna, which made landfall on Long Island and caused the wind to gust to 93 mph at LaGuardia Airport, raised water levels at the Battery to 13.3 feet, the second - highest level ever recorded at the site.