Hurricane Kayla

Hurricane Kayla was a costly storm that killed 78,000. The 11th depression, 11th named storm, 2nd hurricane, and 1st major hurricane, Kayla formed from a low pressure near Hispaniola. It intensfied to Tropical Depression Eleven near The Bahamas on August 25. Kayla rapidly intensfied by the time it reached Florida on August 27, to a Cat. 2. Then it intensfied further to a Cat. 4 then a 5 of 170 mph. It made landfall over the Yucatan as a 170-mph-Cat-5 early on August 28. It slowly intensfied to 175 mph and 891 millibars. Then it made landfall over New Orleans, Louisiana as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph late on August 28. People were screaming, trees flied, and Kayla killed 55,000 in New Orleans. Kayla slowly drifted to the Northwestern part of Florida on August 30 as a Category 4. Then it rapidly weakened and died out on September 3.