Hurricanes & Climate Change

Storm Image Library

Posted: 29-May-2007; Updated: 28-Aug-2007

Storm Surge Maps

Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
Hurricane Categories 2, 3, 4

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Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina
Hurricane Categories 2, 3, 4

High-resolution image (1800x1634 | 1.27M)


Miami

Miami, Florida
Hurricane Categories 3, 4, 5

High-resolution image (1800x1634 | 1.21M)

 

Charts & Graphs

Storms

Number of Storms
North Atlantic Ocean since 1850

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Storms and temperature

Named Storms and Sea Surface Temperature
North Atlantic Ocean since 1850

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PDI and SST

Power Dissipation Index and Sea Surface Temperature
North Atlantic Ocean, 1944-2005

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Hurricane Katrina - August 2005

Katrina

Above the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 28, 2005
Source: NASA

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Katrina

Interstate 10 in New Orleans, looking toward Lake Pontchartrain
Source: U.S. Coast Guard

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Katrina

Louisiana residents living in the Houston Astrodome
Source: FEMA

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Katrina

Mobile home crushed by trees in Davie, Fla.
Source: FEMA

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Hurricane Isabel - September 2003

Isabel

View from the International Space Station
Source: NASA

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Isabel

Floodwaters at Langley Air Force Base
Source: Langley AFB

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Isabel

Trailer park damage in Poquoson County, Va.
Source: Virginia Dept. of Transportation

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Hurricane Andrew - August 1992

Andrew

Approaching Florida on Aug. 23, 1992
Source: NOAA

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Andrew

Holiday Inn in Cutler Ridge, Fla.
Source: NOAA

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Andrew

Plywood driven through the trunk of a palm tree
Source: NOAA

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Andrew

Ground view of Pinewoods Villa in Davenport, Fla.
Source: NOAA

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Hurricane Hugo - September 1989

Hugo

Satellite view on Sept. 21, 1989
Source: NOAA

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Hugo

Ben Sawyer Bridge to Sullivans Island, S.C.
Source: NOAA

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Hugo

Destroyed homes at Folly Beach, S.C.
Source: NOAA

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