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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]
On November 7, Governor Cuomo fired Steven Kuhr, the head of the New York Office of Emergency Management, after Cuomo discovered that Kuhr had sent Suffolk County workers to clear a tree in his Long Island driveway as other victims needed help. [107] [108] A day later, Cuomo said that the estimated storm damage in New York state was $33 billion ...
1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1815 New England hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane; 1827 North Carolina hurricane; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1893 New York hurricane; 1893 Sea Islands hurricane; 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane; 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane; 1896 East Coast hurricane; 1938 New ...
September 12–13, 1960 – Hurricane Donna makes landfall on Long Island, New York as a minimal Category 2 hurricane, and in Connecticut as a strong Category 1 hurricane. Peak wind gusts of 140 mph (225 km/h) at the Blue Hill Observatory in Massachusetts and 135 mph (217 km/h) on Block Island, Rhode Island. Hourly peak wind gusts at New ...
Just some wind and rain.” But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when it swept through the Caribbean as a ...
Forecasters warned of storm surge and tide leading to coastal and inland flooding in New York and Boston
The forecast says 4 to 7 of the storms would reach major status, meaning at least a Category 3 hurricane with minimum sustained winds of 111 mph. The yearly averages are 14.4 named storms, 7.2 ...
The hurricane caused tens of billions of dollars in damage in the United States, destroyed thousands of homes, left millions without electric service, [200] and caused 71 direct deaths in nine states, including 49 in New York, 10 in New Jersey, 3 in Connecticut, 2 each in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and 1 each in New Hampshire, Virginia and West ...