. Elementary physical geography . Fig. showing conditions of windand pressure in an actual hurricane. STORMS. 89 with instances of the destruction of stout vessels that havebeen overtaken by hurricanes or typhoons. Accompanying the storms, there are often great oceanwaves which sweep over low-lying coasts, sometimes com-pletely destroying all life and property in the areas September 15, 1875, three-fourths of Indianola, Texas,. Fig. of August hurricanes, 1888-1893. was destroyed, 176 lives were lost, a million dollars worthof property was destroyed, and much des
. Elementary physical geography . Fig. showing conditions of windand pressure in an actual hurricane. STORMS. 89 with instances of the destruction of stout vessels that havebeen overtaken by hurricanes or typhoons. Accompanying the storms, there are often great oceanwaves which sweep over low-lying coasts, sometimes com-pletely destroying all life and property in the areas September 15, 1875, three-fourths of Indianola, Texas,. Fig. of August hurricanes, 1888-1893. was destroyed, 176 lives were lost, a million dollars worthof property was destroyed, and much destruction was doneelsewhere along the coast. The same town was again devas-tated on August 19 and 20, 1886. On the Ganges delta,many hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost as aresult of these waves. In one storm alone, that of October 90 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 31, 1876, 100,000 people were killed. Even along the At-lantic coast of the United States, where the hurricanes areof much less violence than in the tropics, a vast amount ofdestruction is done by them. Not only are ships destroyed,but the low coasts are swept by storm waves (Fig. 82),as has frequently been the case on the New Jersey coastand on the Sea Islands of the Carolina coast. Path. — In the North Atlantic, the hurricanes usually movefirst toward the northwest, then they curve and pass alongthe Atlantic coast of the United States until the latitudeof Cape Hatteras is reache
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