Satellite Hurricane Harvey Vs Laura

Hurricane laura storm surge.

Satellite hurricane harvey vs laura.

Laura should move through. That devastating storm in 2017 is not a good comparison to hurricane. As worrisome as laura might be this is not harvey. Hurricane laura makes landfall as category 4 in louisiana with life threatening surge national hurricane center says.

Harvey was a very unique situation with a storm that meandered around for days dumping buckets of water on the area. Hurricane laura has strengthened to a category 4 hurricane. Satellite imagery is giving meteorologists a jaw dropping view of laura s growth into a major hurricane. Expect catastrophic storm surge extreme winds and flash flooding by.

Tropical storm laura could impact houston and other parts of texas this week but forecasters say it ll be nothing like hurricane harvey which made landfall on aug. Handout contributor rammb noaa nesdis afp via getty images. This first satellite loop shows laura s rapid intensification from tuesday afternoon to. 26 2017 near rockport texas.

1 of 137 this rammb noaa satellite shows hurricane laura moving in the gulf of mexico toward louisiana on aug. The storm surge from hurricane laura is forecast to reach up to 20 feet along gulf coast in texas and louisiana. This is the strongest august hurricane in the gulf of mexico since katrina. Hurricane harvey which hit texas and louisiana in 2017 as a category 4 storm ranks as the second most costly u s.

Areas along the louisiana texas border were hit hard overnight by hurricane laura one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region. Storm at 125 billion in damage.