As Tropical Storm Isaac makes a path through the Gulf of Mexico, it continues to gain strength. The path is very much the same as Hurricane Katrina almost seven years ago.
Issaac is expected to move away from the Florida Keys Sunday night, over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and approach the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Isaac is expected to become a hurricane late Monday or early Tuesday.
June 1st has been the traditional start of the Atlantic hurricane season for decades. However, the end date has been slowly shifted outward, from October 31st to November 15th until its current date of November 30th.
The one-year anniversary of the land fall of Hurricane Irene will take place this weekend. The storm, which barreled up the East Coast, left an estimated 65 million people at risk, according to NOAA. After the storm had cleared, inland communities found themselves facing record-setting flooding
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This month marks the beginning of the six-month long hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. Now that we’re about a week into it, there’s no better time to take a fresh look at the best ways to prepare for the event of a hurricane.