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August 1, 1830: A hurricane passes to the east of New York and produces gale-force winds to New York City and Long Island. [9] October 4, 1841: Gale–force winds affect New York City as a hurricane tracks north along the East Coast of the United States. Damage is estimated at $2 million (1841 USD, $41 million 2007 USD). [10]
Hurricane-force gusts occurred throughout the New York metropolitan area and along Long Island. [30] The storm also dropped light rainfall across the state. Precipitation in New York reached 3.42 in (87 mm) in Sherman, in the extreme western portion of the state. [31]
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 ...
New York City, Long Island and New England have been hit by hurricanes over the years but not officially since Hurricane Bob in 1991. More recently, tropical systems that were not officially ...
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.
What storms have already hit New York? Up north, the Mid-Atlantic area experienced flooding this year from Hurricane Ernesto on Aug. 14 and Tropical Storm Debby on Aug. 8.
What storms have already hit New York? The mid-Atlantic region has already seen flood impacts this year from Hurricane Ernesto on August 14 and Tropical Storm Debby on August 8. However, the New ...
However, the unions made critical exceptions for relief supplies. Moving food supplies to relief depots, ballots for the New York primary before the hurricane hit while people were evacuating, and manning 1,000 relief sanitation trucks deployed by Mayor La Guardia with supplies after the hurricane had hit. [41] [42] [43]