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Along the coast, damage was worse than that caused by Hurricane Bob two months prior. [27] Across Maine, the storm left $7.9 million (1991 USD) in damage, [2] mostly in York County. [27] More than half of the damage total was from property damage, with the remainder to transportation, seawalls, and public facilities. [27]
1991 Perfect Storm, a nor'easter that transitioned into a tropical storm and ultimately strengthened into an unnamed hurricane off the Atlantic coast of the United States 1993 Storm of the Century , an extratropical cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico then moved through the eastern United States before moving into eastern Canada
The Washington Post noted that the "no-name storm" dumped three times as much rain on Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina. It dropped the equivalent of 7.1 trillion gallons of water or enough to fill Lake Pontchartrain about four times. Hurricane Katrina, by comparison, dumped about 2.3 trillion gallons of rainwater in the state (though more in ...
The hurricane brought death, destroyed homes and belongings, and caused indescribable pain. The situation seemed hopefully for many, but several charities and organizations -- both big and small ...
When Hurricane Helene battered Florida’s Gulf Coast this week, one of the hardest-hit areas was the small town of Steinhatchee, which was overwhelmed by a 10-foot storm surge and 140 mph winds ...
Feds say there’s no money left to respond to hurricanes — after FEMA spent $1.4B on migrants ... killing at least 202 people and causing severe flooding damage from Florida to North Carolina ...
There were no names retired for the 1956, 1958, and 1959 seasons. [8] [14] [15] Collectively, these storms resulted in at least 2947 fatalities and over $2.04 billion in damage. The deadliest hurricane was Hurricane Hazel, which killed at least 1,191 people, while the costliest was Hurricane Diane, which caused US$831 million in damage.
Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling ...