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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. Of the season's 19 tropical storms, only seven strengthened into ...
On August 21, 2011, a tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles became sufficiently organized to be classified as Tropical Storm Irene, the ninth named storm of the 2011 season. [4] Tracking generally towards the west-northwest, [5] the system struck Puerto Rico early on August 22 and intensified into a hurricane shortly thereafter.
Tropical Storm Arlene after making landfall near Cabo Rojo, Veracruz, as a strong tropical storm. June 1. The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [2] June 28. 1800 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT) – Tropical Storm Arlene develops from an area of low pressure roughly 260 mi (420 km) east-southeast of Tampico, Mexico.
Hurricane Sandy. Not to be confused with List of storms named Sandra. Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012.
Hurricane Bill off the coast of the Northeast in 2009, Hurricane Irene in 2011 off of Florida and the Bahamas and Hurricane Ike in 2008 are all examples of cyclones where there was an uptick in ...
The Effects of Hurricane Irene in New York were the worst from a hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Hurricane Irene formed from a tropical wave on August 21, 2011 in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved west-northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters. Shortly before becoming a hurricane, Irene struck ...
August 23, 1964 – Hurricane Cleo [86] August 26, 1966 – Hurricane Faith [87] September 28, 1966 – Hurricane Inez [88] September 9, 1967 – Hurricane Beulah [89] 1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. [90]