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CAMILLE: 20 Years Later
How Camille’s storm surge formed
Camille’s powerfuj winds caused serious damage, but the greatest risk to lives and property came from the storm surge - a flood of sea water the storm drove onto the coast. Wind-drivei
The surge starts as deep as 300 feet with a swell of wind-churned sea. The water is sucked upward by low pressure in Camille’s eye.
waves made the high seas even worse. Wind waves: Up to 30 fL
Storm surge: Up toll ft*
Average sea level
10 ft above sea level
SOURCE: Knight-RJdder Global Weather Service, The Weather AJmanac and National ftimcane Center, National Oceanic and Atmoaphenc Administration, UP!
2 a.m. Monday
Moving NNW at 15 mph (30.9° N, 89.7° W), as Hattiesburg experiences 75-100 mph winds.
Areas flooded by Camille
Rising warm air is carried away by high-aTtitude winds
Hurricanes form where trade winds from the northeast («— ) meet those from the southeast (—> ) in the Intertropical Convergence Zone (—- ).