Arkansas Hurricanes - Hurricane Lili, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina Effects by Region, Tropical Storm Bill (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 195. Not illustrated. Chapters: Hurricane Lili, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Katrina Effects by Region, Tropical Storm Bill, Effects of Hurricane Ike in Inland North America, Tropical Storm Barry, Hurricane Ismael, Hurricane Cindy, 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane, Hurricane Easy, Tropical Storm Grace, Tropical Storm Felice, Tropical Storm Beryl, Tropical Storm Matthew, Hurricane Elena, Hurricane Bonnie, Hurricane Bob, Tropical Storm Chris, 1987 Gulf Coast Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm Arlene, Tropical Depression Nine, Tropical Storm Allison. Excerpt: Hurricane Gustav (pronounced ) was the second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season. Gustav caused serious damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States. Gustav caused at least $6.6 billion (2008 USD) in damages. Gustav triggered the largest evacuation in United States history. More than 3 million people fled the oncoming hurricane. It formed on the morning of August 25, 2008, about 260 miles (420 km) southeast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and rapidly strengthened into a tropical storm that afternoon and into a hurricane early on August 26. Later that day it made landfall near the Haitian town of Jacmel. It inundated Jamaica and ravaged Western Cuba and then steadily moved across the Gulf of Mexico. Once into the Gulf, Gustav gradually weakened because of increased wind shear and dry air. It weakened to a Category 2 hurricane late on August 31, and remained at that intensity until landfall on the morning of September 1 near Cocodrie, Louisiana. Weakening continued, and Gustav weakened to a tropical storm that evening and to a tropical depression the next day as it meandered aroun...