PAST ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANES THAT WERE

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PAST ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANES THAT WERE BAD
ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR NAMES RETIRED

• 1988 2008

Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster
Reduction
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BAD HURRICANES 1988-2008

• Hugo Sept 1988
• Andrew Aug 1992
• Opal Oct 1995
• Floyd Sept 1999

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BAD HURRICANES 1988-2008 (Continued)

• Mitch Nov 1998
• Charley Aug 2004
• Ivan Sept 2004
• Katrina Aug 2005

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BAD HURRICANES 1988-2008 (Continued)

• Rita Sept 2005
• Wilma Oct 2005
• Gustav Sept 2008

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CAUSES OF DAMAGE
WIND PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS
STORM SURGE
SEVERE WINDSTORMS
IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN
DISASTER LABORATORIES
SITING PROBLEMS
FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES
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HURRICANE HUGO CHARLESTON, SC CAT 5, SEPT 22,
1989
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HURRICANE ANDREW CAT 5 AUG 24, 1992
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HURRICANE ANDREW FLORIDA CITY, FL AUG 25, 1992
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ANDREW One of the most intense and the last of
the three Category 5 hurricanes to make US
landfall in the 20th century, Andrew had
sustained winds of 165 mi/hr and caused
catastrophic damage in Florida. .
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HURRICANE OPAL DESTIN, FL CAT 4, OCT 6, 1995
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HURRICANE FLOYD LONGPORT, NJ CAT 5 SEPT 16,
1999
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FLOYD 2.6 million coastal residents were
evacuated.
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HURRICANE MITCH NICARAGUA CAT 5, NOV 1, 1998
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MITCH The slow-moving CAT 5 hurricane dropped
historic amounts of rainfall in Honduras and
Nicaragua. Nearly 11, 000 people were killed,
mainly as a result of the flooding, and hundreds
of thousands of people lost their homes.
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HURRICANE CHARLEY PUNTA GORDA, FL, CAT 4 AUG 4,
2004
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HURRICANE IVAN FLORIDA, CAT 5 2004
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IVAN A Category 5 storm the size of Texas at its
peak, Ivan caused . catastrophic damage in
Jamaica, Grand Cayman, the western tip of Cuba,
along with an estimated 13 billion in damage in
the USA, moving over 3 feet of sand in some
places in Florida and pushing it into homes
during the storm surge.
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HURRICANE KATRINA NEW ORLEANS CAT 5, AUG 30,
2005
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KATRINA Nearly every levee in the Federal
Protection System of New Orleans was breached,
eventually causing 80 percent of the city to be
flooded, and 1,836 people to lose their lives. .
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HURRICANE RITA EVACUEES CAT 4, SEPT 21, 2005
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RITA In addition to a record evacuation of over
1 million people that took evacuees to places
like the First Baptist Church in Tyler, TX,
Ritas winds, waves, and storm surge caused
damage to the oil industry and flooding in New
Orleans again.
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HURRICANE WILMA NAPLES, FL CAT 5, OCT 24, 2005
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WILMA A CAT 5 storm, Wilma was the most intense
hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin,
but it was a Category 3 when it made landfall in
several places, causing devastation in the
Yucatan Peninsula, Cuba, and Florida.
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HURRICANE GUSTAV 3 MILLION EVACUATING LA, SEPT
1, 2008
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GUSTAV Gustav prompted the largest evacuation in
USA history-- 3 million people-- who fled the
oncoming hurricane, after it had made landfall
in Haiti and Cuba, crossed the Gulf of Mexico,
and made landfall again in Cocodrie, La., on
Sept. 1, 2008.