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Emergency officials: Plan, prepare, review

Emergency managers say their advice to residents about this hurricane season is the same as it has been every year: plan, prepare and review.

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Current radar picture, storm tracking, more information at sunherald.com/tracking

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LINKS

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PHONE NUMBERS

  • George County: (601) 947-7557
  • Hancock County: (228) 466-8200
  • Harrison County: (228) 865-4002
  • Jackson County: (228) 769-3111
  • Pearl River County: (601) 795-3058
  • Stone County: (601) 928-3077

Terms to know

  • Tropical depression - A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 38 mph or less.
  • Tropical storm - A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 39-73 mph.
  • Hurricane Watch - An announcement for an area that a hurricane or hurricane conditions may pose a threat to coastal areas within 36 hours.
  • Hurricane warning - A warning that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher associated with a hurricane is expected within 24 hours or less.

Costliest hurricanes

Hurricanes leave havoc in their wake. The 10 costliest to hit the U.S. mainland:
  • Katrina - Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 2005, $75 billion
  • Andrew - Florida and Louisiana, 1992, $35 billion.
  • Hugo - South Carolina, 1989, $7 billion.
  • Floyd - Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, 1999, $4.5 billion.
  • Fran - North Carolina, 1996, $3.2 billion.
  • Opal - Florida and Alabama, 1995, $3 billion.
  • Georges - Florida Keys, Mississippi and Alabama, 1998, $2.31 billion.
  • Frederic - Alabama and Mississippi, 1979, $2.3 billion.
  • Agnes - Florida, Northeast U.S., 1972, $2.1 billion.
  • Alicia - Texas, 1983, $2 billion.

Deadliest hurricanes

  • Galveston, Texas, 1900, 8,000 to 12,000 dead.
  • Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 1928, 1,836.
  • Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 2005, 1,605 (Katrina)
  • Florida Keys and South Texas, 1919, more than 600 to 900.
  • New England, 1938, 600.
  • Florida Keys, 1935, 408.
  • Southwest Louisiana and North Texas, 1957, 390 (Audrey)
  • Northeast U.S., 1944, 390.
  • Grand Isle, La., 1909, 350.
  • New Orleans, 1915, 275.
  • Galveston, Texas, 1915, 275.
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    Jackson County expects to feel effects of Ida by tonight

    PASCAGOULA — Southeast Jackson County is expected to begin seeing tropical force winds by 6 p.m. tonight, Jackson County Emergency Management Director Donald Langham said at a 7 a.m. update.

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