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About every 10 years, hurricanes approach the coastline close enough to send waves over barrier islands' dunes and into back bays. According to an estimate by meteorologist George Prouflis, the chances for a direct hit by a hurricane on the Jersey Shore each year is 1 in 200. [1] New Jersey has seen the remnants of several once-powerful ...
The List of New Jersey hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones originating in the Atlantic Ocean and affecting the state of New Jersey. Due to its location, few hurricanes have hit the state directly, though numerous hurricanes have passed near or through New Jersey in its history. About every 10 years, hurricanes approach the coastline close ...
Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; 1804 New England hurricane; 1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane; Gale of 1878; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1893 New York hurricane; 1893 Sea Islands hurricane; 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane; 1896 East Coast hurricane; 1903 New Jersey hurricane
The Great New England Hurricane. Year: 1938. ... It was the second-most intense hurricane in U.S. history, with barometric pressure reaching almost 27 inches. ... New Jersey, with winds up to 110 ...
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 ...
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity. ... the Atlantic basin sees about seven hurricanes and ...
October 29, 2015 marks three years since Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the northeastern United States. The hurricane tore through hundreds of homes in New York and New Jersey, killing over 100 ...
List of Georgia hurricanes; List of Hawaii hurricanes; List of Louisiana hurricanes (2000–present) List of Maryland hurricanes (1950–present) List of New England hurricanes; List of New Jersey hurricanes; List of New Mexico hurricanes; List of New York hurricanes; List of North Carolina hurricanes. List of North Carolina hurricanes (pre ...