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A mandatory evacuation order for low-lying areas of New York City was issued at 2:00 p.m. on August 26. [5] [6] A day prior, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had announced that the city would prepare to create "an enormous shelter system" for residents without access to higher ground. [7]
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 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.
A hurricane evacuation route (also called coastal evacuation route or evacuation route) is a highway in the United States that is a specified route for hurricane evacuation. Along the Gulf Coast , hurricane evacuation routes lead north and west for up to hundreds of miles to the safest major city.
For most of the past week, Hurricane Irene has cast a blustery shadow across the news spectrum, unleashing a deluge of stories about bottled water sales, media hype and the best songs for a ...
As of Sunday evening, all areas under evacuation orders and warnings are placed on a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time. The following areas are under evacuation orders , according to Cal ...
Residents of low-lying areas of Hudson County along the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay were advised to evacuate. [22] In some areas, evacuation was mandatory for residents of ground-floor apartments. [23] At MetLife Stadium, a preseason football game between the New York Giants and New York Jets was postponed until August 29. [24]
August 2011 – A mass evacuation stretching from North Carolina to New York was ordered because of Hurricane Irene and its size. [28] June 2013 – Nearly 1,000,000 people evacuated in 12 days from Uttarakhand, India due to a flash flood and landslide. This operation was completed by the Indian Air Force, ITBP, NDRF, and local authorities.