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Extreme damage, the most destructive hurricane ever to strike Newfoundland, as well as the worst storm of tropical origin to hit Newfoundland since 1935. [9] Third wettest hurricane on record, and maximum sustained winds at landfall of approximately 140 km/h (87 mph). Also caused $200 million in damage, and 1 fatality. [10]
While the hurricane was over the open ocean, it produced large swells that caused the deaths of four people — two in the Caribbean, one in Newfoundland and one in the United States. As it passed west of Bermuda as a minimal hurricane, damage was primarily limited to trees and power lines, with roughly 27,500 residences losing electricity.
Hurricane Larry was a strong and long-lived tropical cyclone that became the first hurricane to make landfall in Newfoundland since Igor in 2010.The twelfth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Larry originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the coast of Africa and organized into a tropical depression on August 31.
Larry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near South East Bight, on the island of Newfoundland, early Saturday morning, where brought hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and pounding seas.
Newfoundland hurricane: Hurricane: Colony of Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada c. 4,000 1782 September 17: Central Atlantic hurricane: Hurricane: Grand Banks of Newfoundland: Atlantic Canada c. 3,500 1797 November 16: HMS Tribune: Shipwreck: Herring Cove, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 228 1805 October 23: Aeneas: Shipwreck
With winds reaching 156 mph, this hurricane caused storm surges of 8 to 12 feet in Louisiana. It continued its rampage all the way to the Great Lakes region. ... This Category 5 hurricane hit the ...
August 23, 1863: A Category 1 hurricane hit Nova Scotia just before losing tropical characteristics. September 23–24, 1866: A hurricane hit Newfoundland after weakening from a Category 2 hurricane. October 5, 1869: The 1869 Saxby Gale struck Canada's Bay of Fundy region damaging parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, killing 37 people offshore.
It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...