Hurricane Isaac (2012)

Hurricane Isaac was an Atlantic tropical cyclone. It killed almost two dozen people in Hispaniola in August 2012 and moved over Cuba and Haiti. Isaac then became a Category One hurricane on August 28. It hit near the southeast tip of Louisiana at 6:44 pm that day.

History

According to the report. Isaac was from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 15.

Isaac did not become a tropical depression until August 21.

Isaac was upgraded to a tropical storm that same day as Hurricane Hunters went into the storm and found winds more then 50 mph.

Isaac made its passage along the Lesser Antilles on August 22.

On August 25 the storm made its first landfall on Haiti with winds of 70 mph.

Isaac made its second landfall on Cuba with winds around 60-65 mph on the same day.

Isaac quickly exited Cuba and went towards the Florida Keys on August 26 but even though it did made landfall. It caused heavy rain to the Keys.

Isaac became a Hurricane on August 28 and made landfall as a Category 1 Hurricane with 80 mph.

Isaac moved inland and dissipated.

Tropical cyclones of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season

A	B	C	D	E	F	H	G	I	J
K	L	M	N	O	P	R	S	T

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

Category
Commons

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Hurricane Isaac (2012) Media

Visible satellite image during early morning August 29 of Isaac as it slowly moves over the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Isaac approaching the eastern Caribbean on August 22
Tropical Storm Isaac approaching the Florida Keys on August 26
NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Hurricane Isaac Drench Louisiana (3D View)
Three years later, the MV Jireh remained grounded on a beach of Mona Island, Puerto Rico as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac (2012)
Waves from Tropical Storm Isaac battering the coast of the Dominican Republic.
Storm total rainfall from Isaac, August 25-September 3, 2012
Hurricane Isaac approaching the coast of Louisiana from dawn to dusk on August 28, 2012. The movement of clouds at different altitudes creates a textured appearance while thunderstorms near the storm's core bubble up as dusk approaches.
New Orleans experienced hurricane-force winds, but escaped the major flooding suffered by some other parts of southeast Louisiana.