2011 Atlantic hurricane season
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 76 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5133-1999-3
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season is tied for the third most active season on record with 1887, 1995 and 2010. It began on June 1, 2011, and ended on November 30, 2011, however these dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones develop in the Atlantic basin. The season began with Arlene, which developed on June 29 in the Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall near Veracruz, causing 25 fatalities, and at least $223 million (2011 USD) in damage. After Arlene, the Atlantic basin featured a series of weak tropical systems, mainly forming off frontal boundaries. Thus, for the first time since reliable records began in 1851, none of the first eight tropical storms attained hurricane strength. This streak ended when Hurricane Irene, the first hurricane and major hurricane of the season, formed in late August. Shortly after Irene, Hurricane Katia became the second major hurricane of the season. Despite the twenty...