Upper left - Category-4 Hurricane Katrina moving towards the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama on August 28, 2005. (photo credit: NASA Terra Satellite) Lower left - The eye of Hurricane Ike as seen from the International Space Station on September 4, 2008. (photo credit: NASA) Upper right - Debris pile in Galveston, TX caused by Hirricane Ike. (photo credit: FEMA) Middle right - Lines of cars leaving Beaumont, TX before the arrival of Hurricane Gustav. (photo credit: FEMA) Lower right - New Orleans, LA, flooding from Hurricane Katrina. (photo credit: USGS)
June 1st was the start of the Atlantic hurricane season and it appears that this year with be a fairly normal one according to the National Hurricane Center . Though NOAA is probably the first place many people turn to for hurricane information, the USGS also has plenty of useful resources.
Browse to the USGS Science: Before, During , and After the Storm for “a “one-stop” USGS hurricane Web site where the public can access important storm information such as flood levels near your home; pictures of the coastline before and after the storm; information on the timing, extent and magnitude of storm tide; and much more.”
The Physical Environment textbook links: Hurricanes.
