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The effects of the storm also affected the Northeast. Waters raged from New York and Connecticut to New Hampshire and Maine. The Connecticut River reached flood stage at 38 feet, and 28 people died in Connecticut alone, as Hartford was paralyzed by the rising water. The National Guard was called in to save stranded residents.
In 1936, a major flood struck the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and caused widespread damage. This prompted Congress to pass the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1938, authorizing the construction of a dam on the Allegheny River. Construction of the dam was not begun by the US Army Corps of Engineers until 1960. It was completed in 1965, and the ...
No storm has ever made landfall in the state, though many storms, notably Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Ida, have passed through the state as an extratropical cyclone. A notable one of these storms was Hurricane Agnes in 1972, with 50 people dying due to the storm in Pennsylvania. [1] The strongest winds in the state were from Hurricane Sandy.
The storm track caused a wetter year with more storms. In fact, Pittsburgh has set a record for total precipitation year-to-date , with 22.67 inches, versus a historical average of 16.45 inches.
The game was set to kick off at 7:25 p.m. before storm clouds moved in and lightning was seen in the area. The National Weather Service put out an alert for severe weather until 8 p.m. in ...
An intense lightning storm kept some residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, awake in the early morning of July 13. Frequent lightning flashed over the city skyline.
The storm resulted in an estimated loss of $2 billion in retail sales. [29] Due to widespread accumulation of heavy snow, the storm was ranked as a high-end Category 2 ("significant") winter storm, on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale. The ranking is based on the amount of snowfall, the area, and the population affected. [30]
Due to the shifting track of the storm, the city of Philadelphia did not receive as much snow as had been predicted, with totals only approaching 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm). [1] However, suburbs to the north and east of the city, the Lehigh Valley , and The Poconos did receive snow in excess of 12 inches (30 cm).