When was hurricane katia formed

In September , a train of hurricanes barreled into North America and the Caribbean. As Hurricane Harvey was dissipating over the southeast United States, four more major hurricanes were barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. At the same time, Hurricane Irma was passing over the Caribbean Islands.

Irma set a new record for longest time spent as a category 5 hurricane with winds reaching miles per hour. It caused devastation across the Caribbean and continued with its Sept. Also active was Hurricane Jose, which was a category 4 storm at its maximum strength. Mercifully, Jose traveled north of the Caribbean islands and decreased in strength as it curved back to sea without making landfall. While Jose went north, Hurricane Maria, a category 5 storm, began its run through the Caribbean, directly striking Puerto Rico on Sept.

Watch the videos to learn more. Download Options x mpeg-4 As wind shear began to increase, Katia weakened as it approached Cuba, weakening back into a minimal hurricane before landfall on late September 8. Katia then went to the Caribbean Sea. With favourable conditions available, Katia was able to intensify into a Category 4 hurricane, even unexpectedly absorbed Irma, most likely due to large outflow of Katia, even though Irma was stronger than Katia at the time.

Katia made landfall on Jamaica at September 10, but that did not affect Katia at all. Katia became a Category 5 shortly after exiting Jamaica on September 11, and also moving slowly at the same time, bringing severe rain and winds to nearby areas, as it moved towards the border of Honduras and Nicaragua.

On September 12, favourable conditions showed Katia as a potential record breaker, as stated by the NHC. Both Honduras and Nicaragua started to take their preparations seriously. By September 13, Katia even reached below mbar in terms of pressure, which only 5 storms previously had reached lower in the atlantic basin. Late on September 13, strong winds and heavy rains started to affect nearby areas. NHC also noted that Katia could possibly break Wilma's record in terms of pressure. At that time, Katia had reached a pressure of mbar with its wind speed not changing, as it moved southeast towards Honduras and Nicaragua.

It quickly weakened into a remnant low on September 15, also completely dissipating the next day as the structer basically disappeared. Katia dealt It is expected to see the affect of Katia long-term. Due to the chaotic and unrevertable damages caused by Katia, the name Katia has been take of the list on Katherine will replace Katia in Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki.

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