Ah yes, September......the most active tropical month of the year. We currently are watching four systems. Gustav is dying out over Arkansas. The storm was responsible for 7 US fatalities and damage in the billions. Coastal areas inland all the way to I-10 suffered tremendous damage - west of New Orleans. Almost 1.2 million people were without power, and it may be weeks before it is restored. Many inland areas such as Baton Rouge and Lafayette suffered more damage than New Orleans.
Next is Hanna...after slipping south for several days and flooding Haiti with the loss of several lives, the storm has slowly began a northward drift. Forecasters expect the storm to intensify slowly to a Category 1 Hurricane before making landfall on the South Carolina coast. The storm will then move northward along the eastern seaboard towards Nova Scotia. Clouds and rain from Hanna will spread into eastern Ontario Saturday.
Tropical Storm Ike is expected too become a hurricane today as he moves west across the Atlantic towards the Bahamas. This storm will bear watching as it moves into more favorable conditions for intensifying.
Josephine is a tropical storm way out in the Atlantic just off the coast of Africa and moving west. It is days away from being on our radar.
Bear in mind it is September and forecasters are predicting a very active month for all areas along the east coast and gulf coast. That includes our Maratimes, eastern Ontario and Quebec.
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