Satellite Image Of Hurricane Katrina Vs Laura

Laura s arrival comes just days before the aug.

Satellite image of hurricane katrina vs laura.

As hurricane harvey continues to batter the eastern coast of texas people are comparing it to hurricane katrina which devastated a large swath of the gulf coast in 2005 that the us government was ill prepared for. Category 4 hurricanes bring sustained winds of 130 to 156 mph according to the saffir simpson. More as hurricane laura looms here are the strongest hurricanes to hit louisiana since katrina the system is designed to resist surge from a 100 year storm one with a 1 chance of forming in any. Satellite photos taken before and after the hurricane in lake charles louisiana.

Laura s maximum sustained winds of 150mph on landfall were faster than hurricane katrina s 125mph winds in 2005. Hurricane katrina ranks as not only the costliest ever u s. Side by side satellite images of hurricanes katrina and harvey emerge online by koh mochizuki. Not only did it cost as many as 1 836.

Laura s wrath could be more devastating to the southwest coast of louisiana than katrina was to its southeast coast in 2005 just a few days shy of katrina s 15 year anniversary. As hurricane laura heads for louisiana 15 years after katrina images show what they look like from space jenni fink 8 26 2020 flight attendants share emotional goodbyes on final flights following. Extremely dangerous laura has the signature of a classic hurricane on satellite images with a well defined eye surrounded by very deep convection forecasters wrote. On earth hurricane laura is one of the most dangerous and destructive forces of nature we ve seen in some time.

In fact the category 4 storm system is the biggest the region has seen in a century and it poses a major threat to several southern and mid south states as it heads northeast across the country delivering high powered winds torrential rain and possible tornadoes. 29 anniversary of hurricane katrina which breached the levees in new orleans flattened much of the mississippi coast and killed as many as 1 800.