Hurricane Elena and its Impacts on the Gulf Coast (1985)
Making landfall in September of 1985, Hurricane Elena was one of the most unpredictable tropical weather events in the United States. Elena repeatedly deviated from the projected hurricane path, making a two day anti-cyclonic loop in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane finally made landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi on September 2nd, 1985, resulting in one of the largest evacuations in… Read more →