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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.
August 25–26 – Hurricane Irene passed east of the state as a major hurricane, generating waves of 7–10 ft (2.1–3.0 m) around Jacksonville Beach and Atlantic Beach. [109] The high waves killed two people along the coast from drowning. [110]
The Effects of Hurricane Irene in New York were the worst from a hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Hurricane Irene formed from a tropical wave on August 21, 2011 in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved west-northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters. Shortly before becoming a hurricane, Irene struck ...
Hurricane Michael (2018) - After making landfall in Florida as a category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Michael entered the state as a category 2, with wind gusts as high as 115 mph (185 km/h) being recorded near Donalsonville. In Seminole County, damage was reported to 99% of homes along with damage to timber and agriculture.
August 22, 2021: Hurricane Henri passes just east of Montauk Point as a tropical storm, but pummels Long Island and New York City with heavy rain. [186] Hurricane Henri's two day rainfall total in New York City was the largest since Hurricane Irene, and the rainfall total of 4.45 in (11.3 cm) on August 21 set a daily rainfall record.
The Raritan River at New Brunswick on August 29, 2011, one day after Hurricane Irene landfall Photograph of Route 18 flooded by the Raritan River in New Brunswick, NJ depicting the flooding damage from Hurricane Irene. On August 28, the center of Irene moved ashore New Jersey on Brigantine Island.
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 ...
July 8, 2021 – Hurricane Elsa impacted the central and eastern part of the state. It dropped 5 inches of rain in Raleigh, and spawns multiple tornadoes in eastern North Carolina. August 16—17, 2021 – Tropical Storm Fred dumps up to 12 inches of rain in the mountain region in the state. 6 deaths were caused by the Cruso flood. Buncombe and ...