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August 22, 2021: Hurricane Henri passes just east of Montauk Point as a tropical storm, but pummels Long Island and New York City with heavy rain. [163] Hurricane Henri's two day rainfall total in New York City was the largest since Hurricane Irene, and the rainfall total of 4.45 in (11.3 cm) on August 21 set a daily rainfall record.
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 ...
Hurricane: 10 $15 billion Hurricane Charley: Florida 2003 Hurricane: 51 $3.6 billion Hurricane Isabel: East Coast of the United States, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania: 2003 Wildfire: 15 $1.331 billion Cedar Fire: California The largest and most destructive wildfire recorded in the modern history of San Diego County. [47] [50] 2001 Hurricane ...
The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30 and on average, the Atlantic basin sees about seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes a year. On the Saffir-Simpson ...
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Hurricane Ian is the ninth category 4 or 5 hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. in the last 50 years—six of which have occurred since 2017. Hurricane Ian is the ninth category 4 or 5 hurricane to ...
The deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Katrina - 2005, 1,392. Audrey - 1957, 416. Camille - 1969 ...
2006 New York City plane crash: aircraft 2 [168] 1991 Crown Heights riot: mass unrest 2 [169] 1989 USAir Flight 5050: aircraft 2 [170] 1958 1958 East River collision: maritime 2 [171] 1947 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020