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Hurricane Bob approaching New England on August 19, 1991. August 19, 1991 – Hurricane Bob made landfall on Block Island, Rhode Island, and Newport, Rhode Island, as a Category 2 hurricane. Winds gusted to Category 3 strength in southeastern Massachusetts. Bob was one of the smallest in area and yet most intense hurricanes to hit southern New ...
Tropical Storm Lee (2011) Tropical Storm Lee was the thirteenth named storm and fifteenth system overall of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, developing from a broad tropical disturbance over the Gulf on September 2. It was designated as Tropical Storm Lee the next day. Prior to 2020, when Marco formed on August 22, Lee was tied with 2005's ...
Similar to the rest of New England, Sandy produced widespread gusty winds across New Hampshire, with most areas reporting winds of 40 to 70 mph (64 to 113 km/h). [40] The highest gust measured in state and the country was 140 mph (230 km/h) on Mount Washington. [41] These winds caused widespread damage to trees and power lines, leaving ...
Only 1.3 percent of all homes and buildings in Maine are covered under the National Flood Insurance Program, a number that has declined by 25 to 30 percent since 2009, according to Peter Slovinsky ...
Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.
Flagstaff Lake is located in Somerset County and Franklin County, Maine, in the United States. The North Branch Dead River and South Branch Dead River join in the lake, forming the Dead River. The lake's surface area is 20,300 acres (82 km 2), and it has a storage capacity of about 275,482 acre-feet (339,802,000 m 3).
Flagstaff, Maine. Coordinates: 45°9′42.2″N 70°13′19.8″W. Main Street c. 1915. Flagstaff is a ghost town and former plantation in Somerset County, Maine, United States, near the existing town of Eustis and approximately 20 miles north of Rangeley. Benedict Arnold camped here on his Quebec expedition and erected a flagstaff, hence the name.
Flood-damaged house, Saco, 2006. Maine is experiencing more rainfall and more intense rainfall events as a result of the changing climate. This is likely to increase the severity of both floods and droughts. The Environmental Protection Agency reported that between 1895 and 2011 average annual precipitation in the Northeast increased 10%.