5120 x 3413 px | 43,3 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 août 2009
Lieu:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Informations supplémentaires:
Hurricane Bill was the second named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. Bill, a Cape Verde type Hurricane, originated in a tropical wave that emerged from the western coast of Africa on August 12, and organized into a tropical depression near the Cape Verde islands on Saturday August 15, 2009. The depression was quickly upgraded to a tropical storm. Tracking generally west-northwestward, Bill attained hurricane status and major hurricane status on August 17 and August 18 as a Category 4 hurricane. It weakened as it veered north, passing Bermuda with little impact, and Bill lost tropical characteristics as it passed into Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. However, waves up the East Coast killed two poeple, coming close enough to warrant tropical
