Throwback 2012 #7 Hurricane Isaac

Today's 2012 throwback is Hurricane Isaac. In mid August, a tropical wave moved westward towards the Caribbean. It then strengthened to a Category 1 Hurricane as it moved through the Caribbean. Passing over Hispaniola and Cuba, Isaac claimed 29 lives. Hurricane Isaac did become a Category 2 Hurricane as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Issac then took sights on the Louisiana coastline. Ironically, Hurricane Isaac did make landfall in Louisiana exactly seven years after Katrina. Hurricane Isaac made landfall just southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi as a strong Category 1 Hurricane, Isaac did claim nine lives in the United States. Isaac then made it's way in to the drought stricken Mid West, bringing with it some much needed rain to parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.


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