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The Monroe County Local Mitigation Strategy Working Group is holding a public meeting to review and comment on the draft Local Mitigation Strategy report. The report was put together by county agencies and local officials from Islamorada, Key Colony Beach, Key West, Layton and Marathon. It details recovery and response policies in preparation for storms and other disasters.
Posted - Friday, August 13, 2010 09:18 AM EDT
Tha parking lot at What Harbor is flooded by storm surge from Hurricane Rita in 2005 (file photo).
After Tropical Storm Bonnie’s brief visit last week, Teresa McLaughlin went about her usual post-storm routine: She drank a glass of white wine at the Green Parrot Bar in Key West.
Posted - Friday, August 06, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
Doppler radar shows a swath of thunderstorms spreading into the Keys and South Florida from Tropical Storm Bonnie just before 7 a.m. Friday.
Tropical Storm Bonnie came and went through South Florida and the Keys Friday, without leaving much of a footprint.
Posted - Friday, July 23, 2010 07:01 AM EDT
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Hurricanes are ranked in terms of wind strength according to the Saffir-Simpson scale, from Category 1 to Category 5:
Category 1: Winds of 74 mph to 95 mph (central barometric pressure generally 28.94 inches or less), generating a 4-foot to 5-foot storm surge. Minimal damage
Category 2: Winds from 96 mph to 110 mph, storm surge 6 feet to 8 feet. Moderate damage.
Category 3: Winds from 111 mph to 130 mph, storm surge 9 feet to 12 feet. Extensive damage. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was a Category 3 hurricane at landfall in Louisiana.
Category 4: Winds from 131 mph to 155 mph, storm surge 13 feet to 18 feet. Extreme damage. Hurricane Charley was a high Category 4 when it slammed Punta Gorda in 2004.
Category 5: Winds greater than 155 mph, causing storm surge 18 feet and higher. Catastrophic damage. Only three Category 5 hurricanes have hit the United States: the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Upper Keys, Hurricane Camille on the Gulf Coast in 1967, and Hurricane Andrew, which destroyed much of south Miami-Dade in 1992.
