Hurricane Timeline During his second voyage, Christopher Columbus shelters his fleet from a tropical cyclone. This is the first written European account of a hurricane 22.35 Kb. 1
Hurricane Hazards Previous hurricane seasons are not accurate indicators of the risk each year. Whether the season’s activity is forecast to be a “higher than average,” “average,” or “lower than average,” the risk is the same 5.5 Kb. 1
Hurricane Katrina Slams Into Gulf Coast; Dozens Are Dead Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast with devastating force at daybreak on Monday, sparing New Orleans the catastrophic hit that had been feared but inundating parts of the city and heaping damage on neighboring Mississippi, where it killed 21.61 Kb. 1