Morgan City,Louisiana hurricanes

Morgan City,Louisiana's history with tropical systems

(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given(since 1871).

Years within 60 miles
1877br,1879,1887br,1888,1892tsbr,1893,1897,1898ts,1905ts,1905tsbr 1909,1912ts,1915br,1920,1923,1926,1931ts,1932-2ts,1934,1936tsbr,1937ts 1939ts,1944ts,1946tsbr,1947bdbr,1948br,1949tsbr,1954br,1956-57tsbr,1959ts,1964 1965,1971br,1974,1977ts,1979,1985br,1985,1992,1998tsbr,2002 tsbr, 2002br,2003ts 2004ts 46 times in 137yrs end of 2007

Names from list above
Flossy,Carol, Esther,Arlene, Hilda, Betsy Edith, Carmen, Babe, Bob, Danny, Juan, Andrew,Hermine,Isidore,Lili,Bill ,Matthew,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.98 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(15h)once every 9.13 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
due in 2008

Last affected by
2004 Oct 10th T-Storm Matthew just east moving north & dissipating with 40mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1856 Isle derniere South of here was destroyed 200 killed 1879 just west 28.70 80mph 9 ft. storm surge, 1 killed 1888 august 19th very heavy flooding,several buildings destroyed 1893 sept 7th a hurricane causes heavy rain here 1909, 350 killed press 28.68 ,a 16 ft storm surge,winds 120mph 1920 sept 22nd 6ft storm surge barometer 28.99 1923 oct 16th press 29.25 & a 4 ft storm surge 1926 28.31 bar,25 killed in louisiana,60mph sustained in morgan city gusts to 100mph 1934 mid June hit by a hurricane. Not a single building escaped unharmed.Press 28.52 7 killed 1964 oct 2nd hurricane hilda 130mph winds press 28.40,24 killed by a tornado in Lafourche another 6 killed when a tower fell on city hall. Hundreds injured & 40 homes ripped to pieces by tornadoes.newspaper clip 1965 sept 10 th hurricane Betsy just east of here with 105mph winds causes moderate to heavy damage ,very heavy rains. Betsy page 1974 Hurricane Carmen hits with 86mph winds on sept 8th. 1 killed & damage primarily to crops 1992 Andrew just west as a cat 3 heavy damage to area andrew 130 mph ,at approach to land a surge of 9.3 ft was reported in the town of cocodrie on the gulf,to 3.3 feet at the Houma Navigation Canal 23 miles to the north. Newspaper headline | more on Hurricane Andrew here.

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