Prafull Koli
10-14-2003, 04:47 PM
More to come...
While residents are still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Juan, meteorologists at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax are bracing for the home stretch of what could be a record-breaking storm season in the Atlantic.
In a span of just over four weeks, four "named" storms moved into Canada's response zone-three of them killers that left a total of 25 dead and billions of dollars worth of damage in their wake. The latest to arrive was Kate—a Category 3 storm that passed through Newfoundland's southeastern Grand Banks on October 7.
The string of back-to-back storms is unusual but not surprising, given that the past decade has been the busiest on record for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic. This season has already surpassed the 50-year normal for the number of named storms, hurricanes, and extreme hurricanes: and it still has two months to go.
Read More: http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/issues/36/feature1_e.cfm
While residents are still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Juan, meteorologists at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax are bracing for the home stretch of what could be a record-breaking storm season in the Atlantic.
In a span of just over four weeks, four "named" storms moved into Canada's response zone-three of them killers that left a total of 25 dead and billions of dollars worth of damage in their wake. The latest to arrive was Kate—a Category 3 storm that passed through Newfoundland's southeastern Grand Banks on October 7.
The string of back-to-back storms is unusual but not surprising, given that the past decade has been the busiest on record for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic. This season has already surpassed the 50-year normal for the number of named storms, hurricanes, and extreme hurricanes: and it still has two months to go.
Read More: http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/issues/36/feature1_e.cfm