Definition of Hurricane Camille

How do we know the hurricane season in the Ocean Atlantic is certainly virulent and throughout the centuries and each year leaves tremendous consequences both in terms of damage materials as well as victims who die in the midst of the shocks they produce, or who are affected with harsh consequences…

Meanwhile, in 1969 there were three tropical cyclones that attacked with force, including the one that concerns us in this review, Camille. Camille was a storm system that was characterized by closed circulation around a low pressure center accompanied by very strong winds and a lot of rain, the condensation from air hyper humid is the one that unleashes those winds that blow everything that they cross.

He was the third in importance during that year, he even has the record of being one of those who reached the category five in the United States.

Strong impact in Mississippi

It lasted about nine days in a row, between August 14 and 22, 1969 and on August 17 is when it plays shockingly at the mouth of the Mississippi River, generating tremendous damage that is still remembered today. today. The same day 14 is when the storm forms and immediately shows its intensity. Then it would border Cuba and when passing through the Gulf of Mexico its importance increases. When he touches the

continent It does so with phenomenal pressure and the storms generated shocking waves in meters.

Once in Mississippi, with its intense rains, it developed great floods that are the ones that mostly caused such colossal material and physical damage.

In addition to Mississippi, it affected Louisiana and Alabama, in the United States and also the island of Cuba.

To get an idea of ​​that violence that it carried we only have to give the figure of the winds, 305 kilometers per hour. Almost 300 people died and the material damage is estimated at 1.4 billion in those years.

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Themes in Hurricane Camille