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August 27, 2011 – Hurricane Irene did not make direct landfall, but due to the large size, hurricane conditions were felt to the east of the Chesapeake Bay and tropical storm conditions were felt as far inland as Frederick, Maryland. Along the Delmarva Peninsula, sustained winds of 60 mph with gusts up to 85 mph and over a foot of rain fell ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; 1804 New England hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1893 Sea Islands hurricane; 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane; 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Hurricane Isabel produced a storm surge peaking at 8 feet (2.4 m) on the Chesapeake Bay in Hoopers Island and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) on the Atlantic coast in Ocean City. [12] The track of the hurricane to the west funneled into the bay and was so strong it negated the normal tide cycle in the bay.
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900 Death Toll: 6,000–12,000 Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...
The hurricane comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend, killing more than 220 and causing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of damage across the ...
Radar image of Hurricane Alice (1954–55), the only Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to span two calendar years at hurricane strength. Climatologically speaking, approximately 97 percent of tropical cyclones that form in the North Atlantic develop between June 1 and November 30 – dates which delimit the modern-day Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center's forecast cone for Tropical Storm Helene as of Sept. 24, 2024, at 2 p.m.