Six Years After Katrina, Tropical Storm Lee Hits the Gulf Coast

NASA image acquired September 2, 2011 On September 2, 2011, Tropical Depression Thirteen strengthened into Tropical Storm Lee over the Gulf of Mexico, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of heavy rain across southeastern and south-central Louisiana. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image at 11:35 Central Daylight Time (CDT) on September 2. Lee extends from the Yucatán Peninsula across the Gulf of Mexico and over southern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. At 1:00 p.m. CDT on September 2, the NHC stated that a tropical storm warning was in effect for Pascagoula, Mississippi, westward to Sabine Pass, Texas. The area facing tropical storm conditions included the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. The NHC forecast that the storm would continue its slow, potentially erratic motion toward the north or northwest over the next day. The same day, The Times-Picayune reported that heavy rain would pose the biggest threat to New Orleans over the next five days. NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott. Instrument: Terra - MODIS For more go to: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b> <b>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b> <b>Find us on <a href="http://instagrid.me/nasagoddard/?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></b>

Almost exactly six years after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans, producing one of the worst natural disasters in American history, the Gulf Coast is set to get battered by another major storm. By all accounts, Tropical Storm Lee isn't expected to cause the level of destruction that Katrina left behind, but it might test the rebuilt levees on the Mississippi. About 6,000 New Orleans residents were evacuated in advance of the storm's landfall, and Louisiana and Mississippi have declared states of emergency....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/six-years-after-katrina-tropical-storm-lee-hits-the-gulf-coast/'>READ ARTICLE</a>