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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.
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was the second in a group of three very active Atlantic hurricane seasons, each with 19 named storms, tied with 1887, 1995, 2010, and 2012. The above-average activity was mostly due to a La Niña that persisted during the previous year .
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was well above average, with 19 tropical storms forming. [nb 1] Even so, it was the first season on record in which the first eight storms failed to attain hurricane strength.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently updated its outlook for the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season (which runs. With Hurricane Irene poised to hit U.S. shores this weekend, it ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
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 ...
2011 Joplin tornado; 2011 Super Outbreak; 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2011; Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 19–24, 2011; 2011 St. Louis tornado; List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak; 2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado; 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham ...
At times, 2011 has felt like a parade of natural disasters: Earthquakes and tornadoes and floods, oh my! But wait, there are more coming. Hurricane season has just begun. The Atlantic hurricane ...