Tropical Storm Hanna was a moderately strong tropical storm that affected the Gulf Coast and Southeastern regions of the United States. Hanna formed through the complex interaction of a surface trough, a tropical wave, and an upper-level low pressure system on September 12. Hanna crossed extreme southeastern Louisiana, and made a second landfall along the Alabama–Mississippi border. The storm dissipated rapidly as it proceeded inland, and the remnant low pressure area moved into Georgia and South Carolina.
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Tropical Storm Hanna was a moderately strong tropical storm that affected the Gulf Coast and Southeastern regions of the United States. Hanna formed through the complex interaction of a surface trough, a tropical wave, and an upper-level low pressure system. Designated a tropical depression at 0000 UTC on September 12, the storm remained disorganized throughout its duration, though it attained tropical storm status and a peak intensity of 1,001 mbar. Hanna crossed extreme southeastern Louisiana, and made a second landfall along the Alabama–Mississippi border. The storm dissipated rapidly as it proceeded inland, and the remnant low pressure area moved into Georgia and South Carolina. In Louisiana, damage was light as the majority of Hanna’s convective activity was east of the center of the storm. In Alabama, coastal flooding closed roads and forced the evacuation of residents. Hanna caused a total of about USD 20 million in damage.
The Red Cross opened 10 Gulf Coast shelters throughout the region. The total damage caused by Tropical Storm Hanna amounted to about USD 23 million in 2008 in Louisiana, as well as parts of Alabama and the Carolinas. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for the coastal area between Pascagoula, Mississippi and the Suwannee River in Florida. After the landfall, there was no longer the advisories, though there was a need for tropical cyclone warnings and watches for inland parts of Mississippi and Alabama. The tropical storm warning for the region between Grand Isle, Louisiana and Apalachicola, Florida replaced the watch, though the watch was discontinued east of ApalachICola on September 14, as the cyclone no longer posed a threat to the area. In Florida, high wind gusts, heavy rainfall, and strong surf that resulted in the deaths of three swimmers. About 335 structures were damaged by the flooding.
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