The last few weeks have certainly been active with hurricanes. A normal hurricane season begins mid August and continues into the first two weeks of September, normally peaking on September 9th or 10th, a day away from now. The season started off booming with Hurricane Irene hitting the east coast on August 24, 2011 affecting over 55 million people. Irene caused significant flooding in many of the northeastern states with Vermont being one of the states most hard hit. The floods in the northeast destroyed covered bridges in Vermont, washed out roads in Vermont and New Hampshire, and killed 44 people in at least 5 different states.
To make matters worse, about one week later there was Tropical Storm Lee that hit Louisiana and then moved up the east coast causing more flooding in the same areas. As of today, September 8, 2011 there are two tropical storms Mara and Nate, and a Category One hurricane named Katia. Luckily, for the east coast, Hurricane Katia will stay clear and not wreck havoc on the already drenched region.With the horrific wildfires occurring in southeast Texas these tropical storms off its coast are a welcoming sight. However, Tropical Storm Nate is forecasted to stay clear of the Texas coast and drop all of its precipitation in the gulf.
Needless to say, this hurricane season has certainly been interesting and will be memorable for some time.
Source:
http://www.tbnweekly.com/content_articles/090811_fpg-01.txt
http://youtu.be/S1aiSnznuGU
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