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August 25, 2011 - Hurricane Irene struck the southeastern Bahamas along with the Turks and Caicos Islands. In the Turks and Caicos, the storm hit as a Category 1 hurricane, downing power lines and ripping off roofs. In the Bahamas, the storm made landfall as a Category 3, with the eye passing over several Bahamian Islands.
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.
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1 Hurricane Irene, as a Category 3 hurricane, crossing the Bahamas Toggle the table of contents Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Hurricane Irene crossing the Bahamas
The following images were captured by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite. The photos were taken before the storm on August 25 and after the storm on September 10.
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Cruise lines are changing Caribbean itineraries in an effort to avoid Hurricane Helene. The storm, already a Category 2 hurricane, was forecast to strengthen before making landfall in the U.S. on ...
Hurricane Irene passed near the northwestern Bahamas, causing moderate flooding. [34] A tornado spawned by the storm on Abaco island deroofed a home, resulting in one death. [ 35 ] Four indirect fatalities occurred during a heavy rain when four persons in a truck that drove off a wet pier drowned.