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New Jersey. Part of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. The effects of Hurricane Irene in New Jersey in 2011 included about $1 billion in damage to 200,000 homes and buildings. This made it the costliest disaster in the state's history, [ 1] though this was dwarfed by Hurricane Sandy the following year. Irene struck the state on August 28, and ...
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.
Fay was the first landfalling cyclone since Sandy in 2012 and the first fully tropical cyclone to make landfall in New Jersey since Irene in 2011. [100] August 4, 2020 – Tropical Storm Isaias moved up the east coast of the United States, bringing wind gusts of 75 mph (120 km/h) to Cape May, as well as Berkeley Township. [101]
On the morning of August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene made its second U.S. landfall at Brigantine, though initial reports placed it at Little Egg Inlet. At the time it was believed to be the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1903, [ 1 ] but later analysis by the National Hurricane Center determined that the storm had ...
Irene was the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1903. [44] The storm surge that followed, combined with the rainfall from the hurricane and the wet conditions in the weeks prior, led to record USGS gage readings for over 40% of all stations with at least 20 years of data. The highest-recorded flood crest of the Toms River was ...
Hurricane Irene making landfall in New York in 2011. August 27–28, 2011: Hurricane Irene makes landfall on Coney Island as a tropical storm with winds of 65 miles (105 km) per hour. Storm surge reached underneath the boardwalks in both Coney Island and Long Beach. and the Hudson River also flooded.
Early on the following day, the storm re-emerged into the Atlantic from southeastern Virginia. Although the cyclone remained a hurricane over water, it weakened to a strong tropical storm while making landfall at Little Egg Inlet in New Jersey on August 28. A few hours later, Irene struck Brooklyn, New York City
Hurricane Floyd in 1999 was the costliest natural disaster in New Jersey 's history, until it was surpassed by Hurricane Irene in 2011. Damage in the state totaled $250 million (1999 USD ), much of it in Somerset and Bergen counties. Seven people died in New Jersey during Floyd's passage – six due to drowning, and one in a traffic accident.