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In Atlantic City, 11 casinos were closed, resulting in a loss of $7 million (1985 USD). Dubbed by some as the storm of the century, the hurricane was expected to become the first hurricane to hit the New Jersey coastline since the hurricane in 1903, though a last minute turn spared the state. [1]
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. A direct hit by a hurricane has only occurred 3 times since 1800, with the most recent one being in 1903. New Jersey has seen the remnants of several once-powerful hurricanes, some resulting in heavy ...
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
1 List of New Jersey hurricanes. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: Featured list candidates/List of New Jersey hurricanes. Add languages. ... View history ...
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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 ...
Here is the complete list of hurricane names for 2024, with the bolded names representing storms that have already taken place this year. Alberto. Beryl. Chris. Debby. Ernesto. Francine. Gordon ...
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 ...