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NBC12 News, Weather Sports, Traffic, and Programming Guide for Richmond, VA | Hurricane Season
Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Scientists can now predict hurricanes, but people who live in coastal communities should plan what they will do if they are told to evacuate.
Your home has been flooded. Here are some things to remember in the days ahead.
The ingredients for a hurricane include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds aloft. If the right conditions persist long enough, they can combine
Click here to view a list of past and present Atlantic storm names.
Experts say the best way to protect your home from costly hurricane damage is to protect the areas in which wind can enter. A great time to hurricane your proof your home is when you are making other improvements or adding an addition.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the greatest potential for loss of life during a hurricane is from a storm surge. A storm surge consists of water pushed towards a shoreline by the force of winds circulating around the storm.
The intensity of a landfalling hurricane is expressed in terms of categories that relate wind speeds and potential damage.
Learn your vulnerability to flooding by determining the elevation of your property.
The greatest potential for loss of life related to a hurricane is from the storm surge!
Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes that add to the storm's destructive power.
This map shows the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere.
The Hurricane Intercept Research Team (HIRT) is a locally based hurricane chase team that researches the affects of storm surge in a hurricane or tropical storm's landfall area.
National Hurricane Center site providing detailed location and forecasting of tropical storms and hurricanes.
While Irene was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, its impact of high winds and flooding was still felt in New York and New Jersey.
See signs of hurricane Irene pushing through the Charleston, SC, area as it makes its way up the Atlantic Coast.
See signs of hurricane Irene swiping the Wilmington, NC, area as it makes its way up the Atlantic Coast.
See signs of hurricane Irene pushing through the Myrtle Beach area as it makes its way up the Atlantic Coast.
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