Satellite Hurricane Harvey Vs Laura

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Satellite hurricane harvey vs laura.

The term hurricane harvey was trending online on tuesday because of people comparing laura s potential to hurricane harvey. Satellite imagery is giving meteorologists a jaw dropping view of laura s growth into a major hurricane. Hurricane harvey which hit texas and louisiana in 2017 as a category 4 storm ranks as the second most costly u s. Laura should move through.

The highest surge of ike and katrina was 17 5 feet and 20 feet national weather. 1 of 137 this rammb noaa satellite shows hurricane laura moving in the gulf of mexico toward louisiana on aug. Areas along the louisiana texas border were hit hard overnight by hurricane laura one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region. This first satellite loop shows laura s rapid intensification from tuesday afternoon to.

Hurricane laura storm surge. Storm at 125 billion in damage. Handout contributor rammb noaa nesdis afp via getty images. This is the strongest august hurricane in the gulf of mexico since katrina.

Hurricane laura makes landfall as category 4 in louisiana with life threatening surge national hurricane center says. As worrisome as laura might be this is not harvey. Tropical storm laura could impact houston and other parts of texas this week but forecasters say it ll be nothing like hurricane harvey which made landfall on aug. The storm surge from hurricane laura is forecast to reach up to 20 feet along gulf coast in texas and louisiana.

That devastating storm in 2017 is not a good comparison to hurricane. Hurricane laura has strengthened to a category 4 hurricane.