Satellite Image Of Hurricane Katrina Vs Laura

Updated 10 months ago.

Satellite image of hurricane katrina vs laura.

Category 4 hurricanes bring sustained winds of 130 to 156 mph according to the saffir simpson. Hurricane laura now category 4 may bring unsurvivable storm surge to texas louisiana border. Hurricane katrina ranks as not only the costliest ever u s. 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.

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. Laura s arrival comes just days before the aug. Laura s maximum sustained winds of 150mph on landfall were faster than hurricane katrina s 125mph winds in 2005.

Hurricane but as the most expensive natural disaster in the country s history according to noaa. 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. Not only did it cost as many as 1 836. 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.

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. Satellite photos taken before and after the hurricane in lake charles louisiana.