Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The New Jersey Task Force 1 team was deployed to Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday to provide assistance to local communities recovering from the hurricane, the New Jersey State Police said ...
September 8, 1996 – Hurricane Fran passed to the west of the state through central Pennsylvania and western New York and sparks an intense line of severe thunderstorms that crosses New Jersey and is most notable for causing an hour-long lightning delay of an NFL game between the New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts at Giants Stadium in East ...
On October 29, Sandy lost its characteristics of a tropical cyclone and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone while approaching the New Jersey coast. About two and a half hours later, the former hurricane moved ashore New Jersey near Brigantine in Atlantic County, just north of Atlantic City, producing wind gusts as strong as 91 mph (146 ...
Ken Serrano covers breaking news, crime and investigations. Reach him at 732-643-4029 or kserrano@gannettnj.com . This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Heavy rains start Tuesday ...
The hurricane caused tens of billions of dollars in damage in the United States, destroyed thousands of homes, left millions without electric service, [200] and caused 71 direct deaths in nine states, including 49 in New York, 10 in New Jersey, 3 in Connecticut, 2 each in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and 1 each in New Hampshire, Virginia and West ...
The Red Cross has deployed nearly 1,400 disaster workers from around the country, including 10 from New Jersey, to provide safe shelter, food, emotional support and health services, according to ...
Most of the costliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history have peaked as major hurricanes. However, weaker tropical cyclones can still cause widespread damage. Tropical storms Alberto in 1994 , Allison in 2001 , Lee in 2011 , Imelda in 2019 and Fred of 2021 each caused over a billion dollars in damage.
A hurricane's horizontal scale is about a 1,000 times larger than a tornado and a hurricane can last days or weeks, while a tornado lasts for minutes. Cyclone vs. hurricane