Satellite Hurricane Harvey Vs Laura

Satellite imagery is giving meteorologists a jaw dropping view of laura s growth into a major hurricane.

Satellite hurricane harvey vs laura.

26 2017 near rockport texas. Storm at 125 billion in damage. That devastating storm in 2017 is not a good comparison to hurricane. Hurricane laura has strengthened to a category 4 hurricane.

Areas along the louisiana texas border were hit hard overnight by hurricane laura one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region. The highest surge of ike and katrina was 17 5 feet and 20 feet national weather. 3 years apart laura vs harvey. This is the strongest august hurricane in the gulf of mexico since katrina.

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. Expect catastrophic storm surge extreme winds and flash flooding by. 1 of 137 this rammb noaa satellite shows hurricane laura moving in the gulf of mexico toward louisiana on aug. As worrisome as laura might be this is not harvey.

Handout contributor rammb noaa nesdis afp via getty images. Hurricane laura storm surge. This first satellite loop shows laura s rapid intensification from tuesday afternoon to. Harvey was a very unique situation with a storm that meandered around for days dumping buckets of water on the area.

The storm surge from hurricane laura is forecast to reach up to 20 feet along gulf coast in texas and louisiana. Hurricane harvey which hit texas and louisiana in 2017 as a category 4 storm ranks as the second most costly u s.