桑迪、卡特里娜和艾琳:用数据解读怪兽级飓风

哪场风暴的风速最高?面积最大?降雪最多?

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桑迪已经是袭击美国中大西洋和东北部地区的最大飓风。它与2005年8月29日袭击墨西哥湾沿岸、被认为是美国历史上最具破坏性的飓风卡特里娜相比如何?还有2011年8月27日在北卡罗来纳州登陆,随后以热带风暴形式多次登陆,并在纽约东部和佛蒙特州造成创纪录洪水的艾琳呢?以下是一些说明问题的数字。请查看下面的链接,了解一些自行追踪桑迪的最佳网站。

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卡特里娜:3级(路易斯安那州)

艾琳:1级(北卡罗来纳州)

桑迪:1级(新泽西州)

 

最高风速

卡特里娜:125英里/小时

艾琳:85英里/小时

桑迪:94英里/小时

 

直径(强风范围)

卡特里娜:400英里

艾琳:520英里

桑迪:940英里

 

大气压力

卡特里娜:920毫巴(数值越低强度越高)

艾琳:951毫巴

桑迪:940毫巴(北卡罗来纳州以北登陆的最低记录)

海平面典型值:1013毫巴

 

风暴潮

卡特里娜:14英尺,在新奥尔良漏斗效应达到28英尺

艾琳:8英尺

桑迪:12.5英尺

 

最大降雨量

卡特里娜:15英寸

艾琳:10-15英寸(北卡罗来纳州);8英寸(纽约州,佛蒙特州)

桑迪:13英寸

 

最大降雪量

卡特里娜:0英寸

艾琳:0英寸

桑迪:34英寸

 

死亡人数

卡特里娜:1,833人

艾琳:56人

桑迪:截至10月31日上午,加勒比地区69人,美国55人

 

财产损失

卡特里娜:810亿美元

艾琳:190亿美元

桑迪:200亿美元,预估

 

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本文统计数据最初发布于2012年10月29日,截至10月31日更新,数据来自AccuWeather.com和其他来源。

 

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