Headline:Hurricane Felix grows to 'potentially catastrophic' Category 5
Disaster: Hurricane ( Atmosphere)
Date:5:24 a.m. EDT, Mon September 3, 2007
Summary:
Hurricane Felix has developed into a Category 5 storm, according to the U.S National Hurricane center on September 2th. The Honduran government has issued a hurricane watch, extending from Limon to the Nicaragua border, as a result of Felix’s ferocity. Felix is expected to move closer to Central America on Tuesday, September 4th. Meanwhile, a tropical storm watch remains in place in Jamaica and the Grand Cayman Islands, while all watches and warnings for the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, have been cancelled. Felix has had already hit Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire, over the past couple of days with heavy winds and rains. It is believed that pass under Honduran, hit Belize either Tuesday ( September 4th) or Wednesday (September 5th), then maybe reach the United States by the weekend.
Hurricane Felix has developed into a Category 5 storm, according to the U.S National Hurricane center on September 2th. The Honduran government has issued a hurricane watch, extending from Limon to the Nicaragua border, as a result of Felix’s ferocity. Felix is expected to move closer to Central America on Tuesday, September 4th. Meanwhile, a tropical storm watch remains in place in Jamaica and the Grand Cayman Islands, while all watches and warnings for the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, have been cancelled. Felix has had already hit Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire, over the past couple of days with heavy winds and rains. It is believed that pass under Honduran, hit Belize either Tuesday ( September 4th) or Wednesday (September 5th), then maybe reach the United States by the weekend.
Response:
I think the worst part about hurricane Felix was how much rain it brought. The rain seemed to cause more problems then the winds of the hurricane. It caused mudslides, landslides and flooding. Having a strong hurricane hit you, then having 3 more natural disasters occur because of it must, in a word, suck. It should be noted that Nicaragua did suffer many infrastructure damages due to the strong winds, but suffered even more from mudslides, landslides and floods. Seeing as how out of 133 people who died, 130 of them were Nicaraguan, we can tell that the after effects of the hurricane did just as much, and in some cases, even more then the initial touch down of Felix. Kudos goes to the people of Nicaragua, because they immediately went to work helping each other get on their feet, through organizations like the Nicaraguan red cross, and the media.
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