Not Just Emily: Here Are Other Tropical Storms and Hurricanes That Developed Suddenly Near the US
August 2, 2017 by admin
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Tropical storms and hurricanes can sometimes quickly spin-up near the U.S. coast.
Emily is the most recent example, but others have occurred in recent memory.
Tropical Storm Emily provided an example this week of what some forecasters and emergency managers fear most: a tropical storm or hurricane that develops suddenly near the U.S. coastline.
Although Emily’s impact was minor since it had little time to strengthen, it caught many by surprise as they woke to see it had formed Monday morning.
(MORE: Why Did Emily Develop So Suddenly?)
Emily’s quick development wasn’t unique. There have been other storms that formed swiftly near the U.S. coast, and some of them had major impacts. Here’s a few examples from the past.
2007: Hurricane Humberto
A nondescript frontal boundary remnant in the northwest Gulf of Mexico rapidly spawned Hurricane Humberto in less than 24 hours during September 2007.
Humberto first became a tropical depression at 4 a.m. CDT Sept. 12, 2007. The National Hurricane Center said that “exceptionally rapid intensification” then occurred and Humberto made landfall near High Island, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane about 19 hours later at 2 a.m. CDT Sept. 13, 2007.
“The rapid formation of a hurricane near the shore has long been a concern emphasized by the National Hurricane Center in its outreach and preparedness talks. Humberto serves as a rare, important example,” the NHC said in its official report on Humberto.
Insured losses from Humberto were estimated to be $50 million, not a huge price tag compared to other hurricanes since it was small in size and struck a relatively unpopulated area. But considering nothing but a remnant front existed less than 24 hours before it made landfall, it was an unsuspected hit that insurers had to take.
Part of the reason Humberto intensified so quickly was its small size. Tropical cyclones that are on the smaller end of the spectrum can be prone to rapid intensity fluctuations.
(MORE: Hurricane Central)
1983: Hurricane Alicia
Alicia provided enough drama in a couple of days than the entire rest of the 1983 hurricane season, which featured just four named storms.
Similiar to Humberto, Alicia developed from an area of low pressure that was entangled with a remnant frontal boundary in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. After forming into a tropical depression, Alicia became a hurricane 36 hours later.
As Alicia was bearing down on Galveston Island early Aug. 18, 1983, it strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane. That intensity benchmark was achieved only 66 hours after it was first deemed a tropical depression.
Hurricane-force wind gusts from Alicia smashed windows in downtown Houston high-rise buildings. Gusts to 125 mph were measured in Galveston aboard a Coast Guard cutter. Total damage from Alicia in the U.S. was $2 billion.
The impacts from Alicia were directly responsible for 21 deaths.
2001: Tropical Storm Allison
Tropical Storm Allison made landfall near Freeport, Texas, nine hours after it formed on June 5, 2001. Allison developed from a tropical wave that was tracked for many days before it became organized enough to qualify as a tropical storm.
Allison’s legacy will always be the devastating flooding it caused in the Houston metro area.
It quickly weakened to a tropical depression after landfall. However, the remnants lingered for days and a slow-moving rainband associated with it unleashed very heavy rainfall in southeast Texas.
More than 40 inches of rain fell in portions of southeastern Texas from Allison. This extreme rainfall led to Allison being one of two tropical storms that have been retired since the mid-1950s.
PHOTOS: Flooding From Tropical Storm Allison in 2001
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New Jersey Family to Sue School District After 12-Year-Old Daughter’s Suicide
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The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl — who took her own life after allegedly being cyberbullied by her classmates — is suing the school district, saying Tuesday that administrators were negligent in preventing abuse that led to their daughter’s death.
Dianne Grossman said when the school failed to stop the harassment towards her daughter, Mallory, she even tried approaching one alleged bully’s parent, begging the woman to ensure her child would stop.
Her pleas were instantly dismissed, Grossman said.
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“I can confidently say I spoke to one of the parents the night before Mallory — before this. And I can tell you that the mother dismissed it, said it was just a big joke, and that I really shouldn’t worry about it,” Grossman said.
It was just one example Grossman gave of the abuse she alleges her daughter was subjected to at Copeland Middle School in Rockaway.
Mallory, a sixth grader at Copeland, took her own life on June 14 after being relentlessly harassed by classmates, Grossman said during a press conference.
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During the conference, the Grossmans’ lawyer, Bruce Nagel, said the family is filing an intent to sue Rockaway School District and all the administrators who “ignored months of pleas” from the family.
“[Mallory’s] life tragically ended when her own classmates used this cellphone to drive her into this tragedy,” Nagel said. “For months there were texts, Snapchat and Instagram — she was told she was a loser, she had no friends. She was even told, ‘why don’t you kill yourself.’”
Rockaway Township School District Superintendent Greg McGann declined to comment to NBC News about the intended suit.
Grossman said that her daughter began suffering harassment and bullying at school last October.
“It got to the point where she didn’t want to go to school. She had chronic headaches, stomach aches,” Grossman said. “Her grades plummeted. [The school's] focus seemed to be strictly on academics, they weren’t concerned with her emotional health.”
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Grossman said her family talked to guidance counselors, teachers, the vice principal and the principal and was told the school was investigating the matter.
“I‘m going to make the assumption that the school did something, but I’m also going to make the assumption, based on where we are today, that they didn’t do enough,” Grossman said.
She said every time she brought her fears to the school, she was dismissed, creating a cycle of inactivity that allowed the bullies to continue “malicious and nasty” behavior.
Nagel said there are “three or four students” that they have identified as Mallory’s bullies, and said the Grossmans are “contemplating taking action against their parents for letting this go on for months.”
The family did not publicly identify the alleged bullies.
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In a self-assessment given last year, Copeland Middle School gave itself an “A” grade of 94 percent for how it dealt with bullying within the school, according to NBC New York.
However, Grossman alleged the school hasn’t filed a single Harassment, Intimidation Bullying (HIB) report about Mallory’s tormentors as required by the New Jersey Department of Education.
“New Jersey has some of the strongest laws around bullying, and to this day a report has still not been filed,” Grossman said.
The family plans to file the paperwork declaring their intent to sue this week, and will file the official suit within the next six months.
Morris County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Fred Snowflack confirmed to NBC News that prosecutors are actively investigating the case, but declined to comment on the suit.