Storm surge capped at 12 feet, flooding streets in Biloxi and Gulfport, as well as other places. Elizabeth then started to move slowly, causing big waves and storm surges as big as 50 feet, bringing NYC under 17 feet of water, causing heavy flooding and even foundation damage, collapsing several buildings, including flooding the KMC Center, almost collapsing it, but it barely stood up. The National Hurricane Center anticipated a landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane. The NHC stated that the storm would not move much until the trough to the west moved north in about 18 hours. Elizabeth has the record of making the most landfalls in America, and the strongest hurricane to ever hit NYC.Elizabeth made landfall in Louisiana as a C1 with 80mph winds, causing sporadic flooding around and causing minor flooding in New Orleans, and large wind gusts, as it strengthened to C2 intensity, causing slightly more rain around, and higher wind gusts. The port did not re-open until November. A video went viral when a woman clung to a swaying telephone pole in the hurricane's Category 1 winds.Several Bahamian islands were closed prior to the storm's passage, as it was expected to be a strong tropical storm as it passed through. The Island of Nassau sustained particularly heavy damage as Elizabeth moved directly over it as a intensifying hurricane. Beaches along the coast were eroded due to the high winds and storm surge, the latter of which flooded several towns on the southern coast.Several dozen shelters opened across the country, taking in roughly 1.5 million people combined. On July 16, it strengthened to a category 1 hurricane again, earning the name Elizabeth back. It moved off the coast of Africa on August 30, displaying waning convection. On August 6, it went over the cold waters over the Hudson Bay and finally dissipated.Elizabeth hit the Bahamas briefly as a TD, of course it only brought light rain and wind gusts up to 40mph, even though one small island, Rayaho Cay, famous for the beautiful beaches it has, and the small 'blue hole' it has, was uninhabitable after, due to medium-heavy rains and wind gusts up to 50mph, collapsing several buildings.
Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch, and the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Originating from an African wave, Elizabeth formed near Trinidad on September 5. On July 30, it went downwards, entering Louisiana, weakening down to a TS, and then briefly a TD before strengthening to a TS and making a loop, remaining a TS with a size of 200 miles, as it brought $30 billion more in the time it stayed over.On July 31, it went north near the Appalachian Mountains, weakening down to a TD as it exited the coast off the Chesapeake Bay, remaining a TD as it slowly moved out, decreasing to a size of 100 miles. Elizabeth brought $53 billion in the wrath it caused.On July 11, it moved inland, hitting NC hard, weakening down to a TS. On July 28, it moved out of NYC, weakening to a C4 which made landfall in NY, causing a $20 billion in damages. The storm began to draw closer to Haiti, and it soon became clear an eye was forming. This included Miami, which was only just south of where Elizabeth struck at Category 2 strength. This is a cumulative list of previously used tropical cyclone (tropical storm and hurricane) names which have been permanently removed from reuse in the North Atlantic region.. On August 2, it made landfall in Bermuda, bringing medium rain and a storm surge of 15 feet, flooding 1/4 of the island and causing $5 billion in damage as it brought Kings Wharf underwater for a week.
It caused more than 60 deaths and more than $460 million in damage. On July 10, it kept stalling, however, the bands got bigger, stretching as far as the Appalachians. The wave was unusually far south for the time of year, displaying a latitude normally seen in the s.ummer. This landfall caused Elizabeth to weaken back to a tropical storm, as it appeared less defined on satellite.
Elizabeth also affected the Southeast as a TS. It also made landfall in the Northern Lesser Antilles, overall bringing $53 billion to the first round of the storm, as it turned east, and then southeast. Elizabeth then hit Jamaica with the outer bands, bringing some light rains, however lots of tornadoes were reported in Jamaica, bringing it to a $23 billion in damage to Jamaica. Meanwhile, it brought heavy and torrential rains in the Southeast, even as much as 10 inches were reported, and wind gusts up to 60mph were also reported. Storm surges in Providence, Rhode Island, reached 14.4 feet (4.4 m), and a quarter of the city's downtown ended up underneath 12 feet of water (3.7 m). Elizabeth then went northeast, then northwest, going back into the Gulf of Mexico. On August 1, it still slowly moved towards Bermuda. By now, scientists were baffled at this crazy hurricane.On July 17, Elizabeth then made a turn northeast once more, going in a straight path, until making a small turn southeast, then going straight east later that day, before briefly stalling once more. During the storm, a crane collapsed into a building that was intended to completely redefine the port city of Gulfport, and this delayed the project by many years.
It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi pressure-wise since Hurricane Katrina, and the strongest in wind speed since Hurricane Camille.The impacts of Elizabeth were widespread and very severe.