On this date in hurricane history...
…back in 1997… Hurricane Nora made landfall in Baja California, Mexico and churned into the southwestern United States. Yuma AZ picked up 3.83 inches of rain from the storm, more than they receive in a normal year. Winds of up to 70 mph accompanied the storm all the way into Utah. Death Valley CA picked up an inch of rain and the .27 of an inch that fell at Los Angeles put an end to the record 219 day dry spell that had been going since February 18th. Nora was only the fourth tropical storm on record to strike the southwestern United States.
…back in 1998… Four hurricanes were going on simultaneously in the Atlantic Hurricane basin (Georges, Ivan, Jeanne, and Karl) when Karl was upgraded to hurricane on the 5PM advisory. That was the first time that had happened since 1893. After moving along the north coast of Cuba on the 24th, Georges was crossing the Florida Keys on this date, heading into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had re-intensifed and had winds of 105 mph when it made landfall near Key West about midday on the 25th.
…back in 2004… After Hurricane Jeanne killed 1,500 people in Haiti with mudslides and flooding, hunger and disease took center stage. U.N. troops tried to maintain order in the storm torn nation, desperately trying to protect stores of food and supplies from armed gunmen.
…back in 1997… Hurricane Nora made landfall in Baja California, Mexico and churned into the southwestern United States. Yuma AZ picked up 3.83 inches of rain from the storm, more than they receive in a normal year. Winds of up to 70 mph accompanied the storm all the way into Utah. Death Valley CA picked up an inch of rain and the .27 of an inch that fell at Los Angeles put an end to the record 219 day dry spell that had been going since February 18th. Nora was only the fourth tropical storm on record to strike the southwestern United States.
…back in 1998… Four hurricanes were going on simultaneously in the Atlantic Hurricane basin (Georges, Ivan, Jeanne, and Karl) when Karl was upgraded to hurricane on the 5PM advisory. That was the first time that had happened since 1893. After moving along the north coast of Cuba on the 24th, Georges was crossing the Florida Keys on this date, heading into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had re-intensifed and had winds of 105 mph when it made landfall near Key West about midday on the 25th.
…back in 2004… After Hurricane Jeanne killed 1,500 people in Haiti with mudslides and flooding, hunger and disease took center stage. U.N. troops tried to maintain order in the storm torn nation, desperately trying to protect stores of food and supplies from armed gunmen.
on September 24, 2006, 11:11 pm
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