KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |Hurricane Tracking Center

  • The ingredients for a hurricane include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds aloft. If the right conditions persist long enough, they can combine

  • The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to rank hurricanes on a scale from 1-5.  Click here to learn more about the scale.

  • You should stock your home with supplies that may be needed during the emergency period

  • Familiarize yourself with these terms to help identify a hurricane hazard.

  • Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes that add to the storm's destructive power.
    Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes that add to the storm's destructive power.

  • According to the National Hurricane Center, the greatest potential for loss of life during a hurricane is from a storm surge. A storm surge consists of water pushed towards a shoreline by the force of winds circulating around the storm.

  • This map shows the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.
    This map shows the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

  • When community evacuations become necessary, local officials provide information to the public through the media.

  • Learn your vulnerability to flooding by determining the elevation of your property.
    Learn your vulnerability to flooding by determining the elevation of your property.

  • A landfalling hurricane's intensity is expressed in terms of categories that relate wind speeds and potential damage.
    The intensity of a landfalling hurricane is expressed in terms of categories that relate wind speeds and potential damage.

  • Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States.
    Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. Flood effects can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins and multiple states.

  • The greatest potential for loss of life related to a hurricane is from the storm surge.
    The greatest potential for loss of life related to a hurricane is from the storm surge!

  • Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization.