Weather Quiz

Hurricane Isabel's track (September 6-19, 2003)

Hurricane Isabel made landfall on September 18, 2003.  Once a Category 5 hurricane, what was Isabel’s strength at the time of landfall in North Carolina?

A.  Category 5

B.  Category 2

C.  Category 4

D.  Category 3

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Answer to question from September 8: 


False.  Although extremely deadly, Katrina’s death toll of more than 1,800 (according to the National Hurricane Center) is less than the all-time deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.  On September 8th, 1900, an intense hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas claiming approximately 8,000 lives. That was before hurricanes received names so it’s commonly referred to as the “Galveston, Texas hurricane of 1900.”