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Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019. [ 6 ] Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands .
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 Ian could bring plenty of rain to the New York area this weekend. (Spencer Platt/) “In [New York] City we’re looking at 1 to 1½ inches,” Pollina said.
A satellite image of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. A reanalysis by the NHC found that Ian was a Category 5 storm at this time but weakened shortly before landfall.
UPDATE 6 a.m.: Hurricane Ian is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds with the possibility of tornadoes and flooding to our area beginning later tonight and continuing through the day tomorrow.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a strong Category 4 storm, forcing airports to close and hundreds of flights to be canceled.
Tropical cyclones that made landfall outside of New England, but subsequently passed through the region, are excluded from this category. For example, the 1893 New York hurricane, Tropical Storm Doria of 1971, and Hurricane Irene of 2011 all made landfall in New York City, but failed to cross Long Island Sound and enter Connecticut along its ...