Essays on Hurricane

A hurricane is a violent wind storm that threatens shorelines (Pacific and Atlantic oceans) with flooding, excessive rainfall, and vicious gusts of wind. A hurricane can be very deadly, so it is very important to know about the storm and its properties. As you read...

Truly Maria – The Modern Hurricane Maria: A Normative Critique Hurricane Maria is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica and Puerto Rico. The tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record and the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide of 2017, Maria was the...

Disaster struck the United States’ trucking business in the form of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, single-handedly affecting 10 percent of the U.S. trucking industry. Effects on the industry are expected to last until January, a devastating blow to not only trucking companies, but their consumers,...

Hurricane Irene occurred between the months of August and September 2011. Initially, it began as a tropical wave in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It spread as light wind shear and warm water and later gained strengthened as entered the inland. Its effects were heavily felt...

Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in September 1st. with winds of 185 mph. Grand Bahama was later affected at an identical intensity, northern side hit with the 185 as a minimum wind speed for 24hrs. That resulted to the utmost catastrophic damages; most structures...

Have you ever been present in a category 5 hurricane? If the answer is no let me tell you that I just wish you never had to go through an experience like that. In September 20 Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. All the residents in...

Nature is the most precious thing that the earth has. However, there are times when Mother Nature gets angry and natural disasters come down. It may be a long-term rainstorm causing flooding, which may be prolonged droughts, etc. No matter how it occurs, natural disasters...

Hurricane Katrina was one of the top five deadliest natural disasters that have occurred. There were approximately 2000 deaths; however it was not just the storm that caused all of these deaths. There were many other reasons for deaths during Katrina and one of those...

Hurricane Katrina is one of only a handful of catastrophic events that will never be overlooked. The result impacts of this storm were very damaging, and most people were still in shock months to years later. This event is close to being as tragic as...

Disaster, as defined by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is the unforeseen, catastrophic event that seriously affects the activities of the community. It also causes human, economic, environmental, and material losses that make it harder for the affected community...