Hurricane Audrey Keywords/Quotations Notes Sources Storm timeline http://www.hurricanescience.o began as tropical wave in Atlantic & rg/history/storms/1950s/audr moved across Caribbean, then became ey/ tropical depression in Gulf of Mexico June
25
quickly developed into hurricane over Gulf http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/? in one day; as storm approached US n=audrey coast, winds increased to 169 mph.
by June 26 Cat. 2 hurricane
landfall on Texas/Louisiana border 8 AM http://www.history.com/this-d June 27, 1957: peak winds 145 mph Cat. 4 ay-in-history/hurricane-audre
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pushed peak storm surge of 12ft
storm surge of at least 6ft from
Galveston TX to Cocodrie, LA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H as much as 10+ inches of rain in NOLA urricane_Audrey
several tornadoes also touched down
Storm impact 500-600 people killed (mostly from http://www.hurricanescience.o storm surge) true number not really rg/history/storms/1950s/audr known, as many bodies were never found ey/
50,000 left homeless or without food &
water
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/? about $150 million in damage n=audrey many houses washed off foundations & moved miles away; others smashed from surge http://www.history.com/this-d Cameron, LA had only one building ay-in-history/hurricane-audre
survive-town courthouse which provided y-hits-gulf-coast
shelter for homeless Grade 4: Hurricane
60-80% of homes & businesses from Cameron to Grand Chenier ruined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H urricane_Audrey 370 residents of Cameron died in storm
towns of Cameron, Creole & Grand Chenier devastated by Audrey
many went to higher ground too late-
roads were washed out from rain and
surge
water reached as high as 15 ft above normal high-tide mark
Audrey facts Audrey most intense storm formed in http://www.hurricanescience.o Atlantic in June & earliest to reach Cat 4 rg/history/storms/1950s/audr strength ey/
7th deadliest hurricane in US
only Katrina in 2005 would be deadlier http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/? name Audrey was retired from hurricane n=audrey list & will never be used again
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