hurricane harvey made landfall in louisiana at just west of cameron.
hurricane harvey made landfall in louisiana at just west of cameron.
where did hurricane harvey make landfall in louisiana?
just west of cameron
the hurricane made landfall in texas between port aransas and port o'connor around 03:00 utc on august 26, possessing maximum winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). harvey was the first major hurricane to strike the united states since hurricane wilma on october 24, 2005 – a record 4,323-day span – and the first category 4 hurricane to strike the united states since charley in 2004, as well as the first category 4 to make landfall in texas since carla in 1961. the storm gradually weakened, falling to tropical storm intensity around 18:00 utc on august 26 as it drifted across southeastern texas. a light steering pattern caused the storm to emerge into the gulf of mexico on august 28, but wind shear only allowed for slight re-intensification. harvey turned north-northeastward and struck just west of cameron, louisiana, as a weak tropical storm around 08:00 utc on august 30. the system weakened to a tropical depression over central louisiana later that day, before losing tropical characteristics over central tennessee early on september 1. harvey's extratropical remnants dissipated over northern kentucky by the next day.
2017 atlantic hurricane season
on september 6, irma made landfall on the islands of barbuda, saint martin, and virgin gorda at peak strength. this ties irma with cyclones monica of 2006 and winston of 2016, and typhoons zeb of 1998, megi of 2010, and yutu of 2018 as the fifth-strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall globally – in terms of sustained winds – trailing only typhoon haiyan of 2013 and typhoon meranti of 2016, which bore winds of 190 mph (305 km/h) at landfall, and the 1935 labor day hurricane and typhoon joan of 1959, which bore winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) at landfall. irma is second to the 1935 labor day hurricane as the strongest landfalling cyclone on record in the atlantic basin, and is the first hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the atlantic at category 5 status since felix in 2007. irma is the first recorded category 5 hurricane to affect the northern leeward islands, and was one of the worst storms to hit the region on record, along with hurricane donna in 1960 and hurricane luis in 1995. in addition, irma is only the second hurricane on record to make landfall in cuba at category 5 intensity, with the other being a hurricane in 1924. furthermore, when irma made landfall on barbuda, saint martin, virgin gorda, and cuba as a category 5 hurricane, it became one of only two recorded atlantic storms to make landfall in multiple nations at this strength; the other was hurricane andrew in 1992, which struck both eleuthera and the united states as a category 5 hurricane.
hurricane irma