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Tracks of all tropical cyclones to pass through New Jersey from 1851 through 2022. There have been 115 hurricanes or tropical storms that affected the U.S. state of New Jersey. Due to its location, few hurricanes have hit the state directly, though numerous hurricanes have passed near or through New Jersey in its history.
About every 10 years, hurricanes approach the coastline close enough to send waves over barrier islands' dunes and into back bays. According to an estimate by meteorologist George Prouflis, the chances for a direct hit by a hurricane on the Jersey shore each year is 1 in 200. A direct hit by a hurricane has only occurred 3 times since 1800 ...
1896 East Coast hurricane; 1903 New Jersey hurricane; A. Hurricane Agnes; Tropical Storm Arthur (2020) B. Tropical Storm Barry (2007) Hurricane Barry (2019) C ...
Sept. 16, 1999: The Raritan River Flood and Hurricane Floyd’s Legacy. ... Communities in northeastern New Jersey were hit hardest, with over 200,000 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed ...
With New Jersey having been spared, Garden State residents are stepping up to help, as evidenced by numerous community members loading up donations and heading for the states ravaged by the fourth ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...