2002 damage reports
These reports are not to be intended for up to the minute information, rather for future reference

T-Strom Bertha 40mph winds
Hits SE Louisiana on Aug 4th from the SSE.
LouisianaStreets flooded in the city of Slidell on Lake Pontchartain's north shore. The waters receded in a matter of hours but more heavy rain was expected.
FloridaIn Florida, officials said a Louisiana man apparently drowned in rough surf kicked up Sunday afternoon as Bertha was approaching tropical storm strength of 40 mph. It happened in the barrier island community of Perdido Key at the western end of the Florida Panhandle.
MississippiMore than a dozen homes were reported flooded in Jackson County on the Mississippi coast, where 7 inches of rain fell overnight.
T-Storm Fay sept 6th & 7th
Freeport, TexasFay comes ashore just south of here dumping up to 20 inches of rain in & around freeport. Coastal roads flooded in we hours of the morning as she moves onshore.
Surfsideroofs blown off 2 homes & heavy flooding.
Galveston countyPortions of highway 87 under water.
Matagordaroad to chinquapin isunder water

T.S Gustav north carolina sept 11th Outer banksknocked out power to parts of Hatteras Island and the Dare County mainland, flooding polling places and causing elections officials to scramble just to get the votes counted. At least two polling sites -- the fire station in Frisco and the community building in Hatteras Village -- were forced to close early because they were flooding, and polling workers had to be evacuated by fire trucks.Ocracoke Island also lost power during the afternoon at about 1:30 when the breakers that make up transmission line from Hatteras Island to Ocracoke went out.
TS Hanna Alabama-Fla sept 14th Pensacola Fla20 yrs old man dies in surf.20,000 without power in Fla panhandle
Dauphin isl ,AlabamaPower out on island,some roads under water
Destin flawater spout moves onshore causing some damage.
Isidore JamaicaReports heavy flooding in several neighborhoods.
West cuba100mph winds cause moderate damage.
Merida Mexico2 killed heavy damage to beach front homes.300,000 homless in Yucatan peninsula.
New orleans,Louisianaup to 15 inches of rain fell in the area causing heavy flooding.
Grand isleStorm surge flooding reported.
Gulfport, Mississippi10 inches of rain.
Biloxi, Mississippi8 1/2 ft storm surge rolls in flooded coastal dwellings. across Mississippi 4,400 homes were damaged.
Escambia county,Florida103 homes flooded.
Lilli sept23- Barbados 400 homes damaged as roofs blow off by then TS Lilli with 60mph winds.
Saint LuciaHalf of Banana crops destroyed
St Vincent4 killed by mudslide into a home.
JamaicaHomes flooded in central St Catherines parish.4 killed by drownings.Sugarcane fields destroyed.
HaitiTown of Tiburon sw area waves damaged several homes.12 killed in Haiti by flooding
Cayman islands,little brac Some roof damage,trees & power poles down from lilis 80mph winds.
West CubaReports worse damage than from Isidore & Michelle from last year as the strengthening cat 2 hurricane roared through. The United Nations estimates that 60,000 houses have been damaged by the hurricanes - 8,000 of which have been totally destroyed. .
Vermillion parishhigh winds shattered windows, tipped over mobile homes and knocked out power to all of its 19,800 homes.
New IberiaGusts as high as 92 mph hurled pieces of metal through the air in New Iberia and blew down a 50-foot-high sign at the Holiday Inn. In Rayne, tin roofing that was ripped away from a lumber warehouse lay across the railroad tracks, curled up like giant potato chips. Nearby, Paul Bott, a 50-year-old oil worker, set up buckets in his bathroom to catch rainwater cascading from holes punched through his roof by a fallen tree.
LaffayetteSome roof damage,many trees down,windows blown in in downtown areas.Cox Communications' main tower blew down about 10 a.m. and fell on a house in the April Street-Eraste Landry Road neighborhood. Two residents of nearby Whispering Pines Apartments rescued a woman from the home at about 11:30 a.m., said neighbor June Kohn, also of Whispering Pines. The woman taken from the house was transported to University Medical Center with an ankle injury.
Arcadia parishTwo men injured by a flying roof.
Terrebonne parishLevees breeched by storm surge.
Crawley extensive damage people trapped in homes.
Kyle Oct 11th-12th Clarendon County,South carolinaroads were washed out after about 6 inches of rain fell. About a dozen people were rescued from homes surrounded by rising water.
Berkeley County,South Carolinaabout 8 inches of rain flooded several homes, a grocery store and a senior citizen center.
Georgetown SCa possible twister blew down power lines, tree limbs and overturned mobile homes, police said. Eight people suffered minor injuries.
North CarolinaFour homes were destroyed and at least a dozen more were damaged. home | Live broadcast page