Tree Damage in Intense Landfalling Hurricanes of the Past

[Shell Mound]

 https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1303479753182191618



 https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1303801689628082180



 https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1303798171072688128



 https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1303439989926178816



 https://twitter.com/JeffLindner1/status/1303456728852434944

[Shell Mound]

 https://twitter.com/MycahABC13/status/1303836139967610881



 https://twitter.com/JRayLively/status/1303866405239037952



Note that trees are completely stripped of foliage, hence the wintery look, and roofing material is shredded (0:16–0:30 and 1:15–1:40).
 https://twitter.com/robperillo/status/1302664051303092224



 https://twitter.com/WBBJ7Ali/status/1305697969488961536



 https://twitter.com/CaufieldBA/status/1299093795405991937




As an aside, the peak surge of fifteen to twenty feet verified, based on observed values from the Mermentau River in Grand Chenier:
 https://twitter.com/SteveWAFB/status/1299447946925215744

[Ed_2001]

Time to add our newest intenese landfalling hurricane (typhoon): Aftermath of supertyphoon Goni in Gigmoto, Philippines. Being equivalent to the intenisty of Haiyan per JTWC, the damage here is very severe but not to the level of Haiyan yet, but damage surveys are still ongoing.
 https://twitter.com/onenewsph/status/1323062046968086528

[mrbagyo]

GONI in Catanduanes (mostly taken by Civil Defense of Bicol Region)

[Meteophile]

Gone forests, replaced by palm/coconut tree parts on the ground. Earlier images would have been useful for the comparison.

That said, I just found a good (sad) comparison of before/after cyclone Harold (not told about in this topic) in Melsisi - Pentecost island

[mrbagyo]

PAGASA RADAR

BEFORE GONI - February 2018 (I took all these pics from the radar building) - big chunk of Catanduanes looks like this











AFTER GONI




Aerial over the radar

[Ed_2001]

GONI in Catanduanes (mostly taken by Civil Defense of Bicol Region)
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IMO the tree damage from Goni are among some of the most intense I've ever seen right up there with Haiyan and Dorian. The whole place looks like it was hit by an thermonuclear bomb

[SconnieCane]

Preliminary images out of Providencia (Colombian island off the coast of Nicaragua) after Iota show widespread snapping/shredding/denuding of forest that appears consistent with a Category 5 impact. How strong exactly is for post-analysis to determine.

https://twitter.com/wxmann/status/1328846861742997504

[underthwx]

That is some excellent reading....yall are on a different level...I don't have tree damage photos...but I got a ton of photos I took of my experiences with Harvey, which I may share in another setting one day...

[ElectricStorm]

Preliminary images out of Providencia (Colombian island off the coast of Nicaragua) after Iota show widespread snapping/shredding/denuding of forest that appears consistent with a Category 5 impact. How strong exactly is for post-analysis to determine.

https://twitter.com/wxmann/status/1328846861742997504

That looks like Cat 5 damage to me. Could some of that have been from Eta? Or was Eta too far north?

[Ubuntwo]

Preliminary images out of Providencia (Colombian island off the coast of Nicaragua) after Iota show widespread snapping/shredding/denuding of forest that appears consistent with a Category 5 impact. How strong exactly is for post-analysis to determine.

https://twitter.com/wxmann/status/1328846861742997504

That looks like Cat 5 damage to me. Could some of that have been from Eta? Or was Eta too far north?

They had relatively minor impacts from Eta, whereas they got the south eyewall (or close to it) from Iota.

[ElectricStorm]

Preliminary images out of Providencia (Colombian island off the coast of Nicaragua) after Iota show widespread snapping/shredding/denuding of forest that appears consistent with a Category 5 impact. How strong exactly is for post-analysis to determine.

https://twitter.com/wxmann/status/1328846861742997504

That looks like Cat 5 damage to me. Could some of that have been from Eta? Or was Eta too far north?

They had relatively minor impacts from Eta, whereas they got the south eyewall (or close to it) from Iota.

Thanks. That is some of the more intense damage I've seen from a Cat 4. Especially from the Southern eyewall.

[SconnieCane]

Aerial footage out of Providencia showing widespread heavy structural damage and shredded/defoliated forest consistent with a 130kt+ thrashing.



Link: https://youtu.be/kh4nIdAjRtU