Hurricane Audrey

Today is the Anniversary of Hurricane Audrey making landfall in Louisiana on this day in 1957.  A lot of people lost there lives, property and there way of life. On this day the anniversary of Hurricane Audrey, I thought i would share with you guys the history behind Audrey from how it formed to its strengthening to its landfall and aftermath.

Audrey was first detected over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on June 24. It moved slowly northward as it became a tropical storm and a hurricane the next day. A faster northward motion brought the center to the coast near the Texas-Louisiana border on the 27th. Rapid strengthening in the last six hours before landfall meant Audrey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane.