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Hurricane Agnes was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States at the time, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in damage. The hurricane's death toll was 128. [ 1 ] The effects of Agnes were widespread, from the Caribbean to Canada, with much of the east coast of the United States affected.
September 12, 1960 – Hurricane Donna moved up the East Coast of the United States and passed offshore New Jersey, causing heavy damage along the coast, but less than other states struck directly by Donna. The hurricane produced 105 mph (170 km/h) wind gusts and a storm surge of 6 feet (1.8 m) near Atlantic City, and 8.99 in (228 mm) of ...
Agnes caused 50 fatalities in Pennsylvania. See photos and statistics from York County's worst storm.
English: When Hurricane Agnes made landfall in Florida on June 18, 1972, it quickly became the costliest natural disaster to ever hit the U.S up to that time. Seen here from the ATS-3 satellite before moving ashore, Agnes eventually tracked up the Eastern Seaboard and dumped record amounts of rainfall in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
On June 15, 1972, a tropical wave developed into Tropical Storm Agnes, which soon became Hurricane Agnes, the first and most destructive storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. Now, 50 years ...
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 ...
Tropical depression east of Hurricane Agnes on June 19. In addition to the named storms, there were several weak depressions during the season. As Agnes was moving over the southeastern United States, a tropical depression formed approximately 400 mi (640 km) southwest of Bermuda on June 19. It moved northeastward and headed toward the island.
People are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, New Jersey, one day after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast on Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy took the lives of 71 people, directly, and 87 ...