Brewing up a Storm

Hurricane Sally has been the talk of the news recently. Hurricane Sally had started on the eastern coast near south eastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina bringing mild winds of only 5 to 7 miles per hour. It slowly made its way down to the Gulf Coast of Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana bringing more severe winds up to 105 miles per hour. Hurricane Sally has been categorized as a category 2 hurricane. This hurricane struck strongly in the Gulf Coast on September 11, 2020.

The most recent states hurricane Sally has hit is Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. At least 377 people were rescued from the flooding in Florida and a count of one dead in Alabama amid the major flooding of the streets. There were even Times reporters in the hurricane reporting the flooding and damage that had been done so far. Pensacola, Louisiana had the most severe hit from Hurricane Sally. Major damage was done and the streets were flooded.

Reporters say that there was almost 20 inches of rain. Sadly, Hurricane season has just started and forecasts are calling for more hurricanes in the near future.

The strange thing is, Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast on the same day as Hurricane Sally almost 16 years ago! It has been said that Hurricane Sally was much stronger than Hurricane Ivan though. Even though this was only one of the many hurricanes that have made landfall, it has been the most intense and bigger storms of this year

So far, 2020 has thrown a lot of curveballs to everyone since day one. There have been many new things that everyone has had to adapt to including a horrific pandemic. But 2020 has decided that wasn’t enough, so to make everything worse, a zombie hurricane has arose in Bermuda. Hurricane Paulette was the first hurricane to make landfall in Bermuda since 2014, so it surely shocked a lot of people.

A tropical storm named Hurricane Paulette had struck Bermuda on September 14, 2020. The next day on September 15th, the hurricane began to weaken and the wind speeds became slower. Since it began to weaken, it was no longer considered a hurricane or a tropical storm instead it was named a post-tropical low-pressure system. A post-tropical low-pressure system usually defines the end of a storm but little did everyone know Hurricane Paulette was not done.

The remnants of Hurricane Paulette were smaller storms but these storms were able to come together and build into another tropical storm. This time the tropical storm was heading towards the Azores Islands which are near Portugal. The reason that Hurricane Paulette was able to form for a second time was because of the increased sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic. Normally, sea surface temperatures have to be at least 80 degrees fahrenheit for a tropical storm to easily develop but the temperature was much higher making it easier for Hurricane Paulette to “come back from the dead”.