Hurricane Audrey - Wikipedia
Hurricane Audrey was one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, killing at least 416 people as it devastated the southwestern Louisiana coast in 1957. Along with Hurricane Alex in 2010, it was also the strongest June hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin as measured by pressure.
Hurricane Audrey 1957 - National Weather Service
Audrey made landfall between Sabine Pass and Johnsons Bayou, Louisiana around 7 AM CST June 27, 1957 as a strong category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (110 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 946 millibars (27.94 inches).
Photos: 60 years ago, Hurricane Audrey became one of the ...
2017年7月19日 · Hurricane Audrey's destruction has not been forgotten. A mass grave still exists at a plot in Lake Charles, where 31 unidentified bodies remain six decades after the hurricane.
60th Anniversary of Hurricane Audrey - NOAA's Atlantic ...
In the morning hours of June 27, 1957, Hurricane Audrey sent a 12-foot (3.7-m) storm surge over Cameron, Louisiana, as the storm lashed the area with 125 mph (205 km/hr) winds. Many residents were caught by surprise and had not evacuated, and the storm took some 400 lives.
Hurricanes: Science and Society: 1957- Hurricane Audrey
With an estimate of 600 lives lost, Hurricane Audrey would be the sixth deadliest hurricane in United States history, as of the close of the 2009 season. It caused the greatest loss of U.S. lives from a hurricane since the 1938 New England storm.
Research Guides: Louisiana Hurricanes: Hurricane Audrey, 1957
2024年1月31日 · Hurricane Audrey made landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border on the morning of June 27, 1957. It formed three days prior in the Bay of Campeche, beginning as a tropical wave and quickly developing into a hurricane by the next day.
Hurricane Audrey: Weather experts reflect on June’s most ...
2017年6月27日 · Audrey, the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded in the month of June, killed at least 500 people and caused an estimated $150 million in damage in the U.S. It is the …