Katrina was about miles wide when it made landfall in Louisiana. For what it's worth, the biggest hurricane ever recorded was Typhoon Tip. Hurricanes in the western Pacific Ocean are called typhoons. The storm, which made landfall in southern Japan, was nearly 1, miles wide at one point. That's almost half the size of the continental United States. The hurricane maxed out at Category 3, meaning its highest sustained wind speeds never topped mph.
And Irene was not that powerful when it hit populated areas. Irene was still just a tropical storm, for example, when it passed over Puerto Rico.
It was a Category 1 hurricane when it hit North Carolina, with maximum sustained wind speeds around 85 mph. By the time it hit the Northeast, Irene had weakened to a tropical storm again, with top winds of about 60 mph. Katrina: While Hurricane Irene covered more area, Katrina was more intense.
In the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina grew into a Category 5 hurricane — the strongest storm there is. Katrina's maximum sustained winds reached speeds of around mph. But Katrina weakened as well before making landfall. When it hit Louisiana, the storm had been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane and boasted max wind speeds around mph.
The storm kept weakening as it moved north, finally dying out around the Great Lakes region Aug. Irene: Irene's mammoth size made many forecasters nervous, as the storm had the potential to pummel huge swaths of the Eastern Seaboard with heavy rain, flooding and strong winds. At its largest, Irene measured about miles km across, nearly as big as Texas. Katrina: The storm was also enormous, though apparently not quite as big as Irene.
Katrina was about miles km wide when it made landfall in Louisiana. For what it's worth, the biggest hurricane ever recorded was Typhoon Tip. Hurricanes in the western Pacific Ocean are called typhoons.
The storm, which made landfall in southern Japan, was nearly 1, miles 2, km wide at one point. That's almost half the size of the continental United States. Irene: Irene was a big, bad storm, but it could have been worse. The hurricane maxed out at Category 3, meaning its highest sustained wind speeds never topped mph kph. And Irene was not that powerful when it hit populated areas. Irene was still just a tropical storm, for example, when it passed over Puerto Rico.
It was a Category 1 hurricane when it hit North Carolina, with maximum sustained wind speeds around 85 mph kph. By the time it hit the Northeast, Irene had weakened to a tropical storm again, with top winds of about 60 mph 97 kph.
Katrina: While Hurricane Irene covered more area, Katrina was more intense. In the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina grew into a Category 5 hurricane — the strongest storm there is. Katrina's maximum sustained winds reached speeds of around mph kph. But Katrina weakened as well before making landfall. When it hit Louisiana, the storm had been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane and boasted max wind speeds around mph kph.
Irene: While it's far too early to fully gauge Irene's impact, it's already clear the storm is far from another Katrina. Irene's storm surge likely maxed out around 4 to 8 feet 1. As a result, many areas have suffered serious flooding, meaning Irene's economic toll will be considerable. Some experts say it is likely to be the 10th of the billion-dollar weather disasters of However, the destruction is nowhere near that of Katrina's.
It was a Category 1 hurricane when it hit North Carolina, with maximum sustained wind speeds around 85 mph kph. By the time it hit the Northeast, Irene had weakened to a tropical storm again, with top winds of about 60 mph 97 kph. Katrina: While Hurricane Irene covered more area, Katrina was more intense.
In the Gulf of Mexico, Katrina grew into a Category 5 hurricane — the strongest storm there is. Katrina's maximum sustained winds reached speeds of around mph kph. But Katrina weakened as well before making landfall. When it hit Louisiana , the storm had been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane and boasted max wind speeds around mph kph.
Irene: While it's far too early to fully gauge Irene's impact, it's already clear the storm is far from another Katrina. Irene's storm surge likely maxed out around 4 to 8 feet 1. As a result, many areas have suffered serious flooding, meaning Irene's economic toll will be considerable.
Some experts say it is likely to be the 10th of the billion-dollar weather disasters of However, the destruction is nowhere near that of Katrina's. As of Sunday morning, news reports pegged Irene's cumulative death toll at 10 or so — not even close to the human toll Katrina exacted.
Katrina: Katrina was an epic disaster. The hurricane flattened and flooded much of coastal Alabama , Mississippi and Louisiana, generating storm surges of nearly 28 feet 8. And the storm killed more than 1, people, the vast majority of them in Louisiana. Many of these people died after New Orleans' levee system failed and most of the city was flooded. Irene: In general, most East Coast communities took Irene very seriously and started taking measures early. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg , for example, issued a mandatory evacuation order for low-lying areas of the city at 2 p.
EDT Friday Aug. Other population centers along the coast were similarly cautious, and millions of people were told with plenty of time to spare to get out of Irene's path. As the storm bore down on his city, the mayor upped that to a mandatory order around 11 a. Irene: Irene made landfall in Puerto Rico in the early morning of Aug. As it neared the U. East Coast, Irene banked heavily north, churning toward another landfall in North Carolina.
The storm came aground at that state's Cape Lookout around a. EDT Saturday Aug. Irene then kept moving northward in near-shore waters, hitting New York City around 9 a. EDT Sunday Aug. Katrina: Katrina took a completely different route. The hurricane made landfall in southeast Florida on Aug.
It churned westward through the Gulf for a while, gaining strength from the warm waters, then arced northward. Katrina made its Gulf landfall on the morning of Aug. The storm kept weakening as it moved north, finally dying out around the Great Lakes region Aug. Irene: Irene's mammoth size made many forecasters nervous, as the storm had the potential to pummel huge swaths of the Eastern Seaboard with heavy rain, flooding and strong winds.
At its largest, Irene measured about miles km across, nearly as big as Texas. Katrina: The storm was also enormous, though apparently not quite as big as Irene. Katrina was about miles km wide when it made landfall in Louisiana.
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