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August 11, 1976: Hurricane Belle makes landfall on Long Island as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, producing up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain. [60] 30,000 people are evacuated in New York in anticipation of Belle. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph and tides of 7.2 feet (2.3 m) above normal are reported in New York City ...
Hurricane Ian caused 161 fatalities: 5 in Cuba, [3] 150 in Florida, [8] [a] 5 in North Carolina, [10] and 1 in Virginia. [11] Ian caused catastrophic damage with losses estimated to be around $112 billion, making it the costliest hurricane in Florida's history, surpassing Irma of 2017 , as well as the third-costliest in U.S. history, behind ...
Of the 149 fatalities, 72 had occurred in Lee County, where Hurricane Ian had made landfall on Sept. 28. In comparison, the surrounding counties of Collier and Sarasota had each recorded 10 deaths ...
Houses floating away, palm trees battered about and other mayhem from Hurricane Ian — The devastation being wrought by this nearly category 4 storm as it hit Florida is being recorded, and ...
Most of the deaths in Hurricane Ian were from drowning, according to official accounts of fatalities from a storm that has killed at least 70 people, according to authorities.
UPDATE 2:48 P.M.: Hurricane Ian had long been expected to make landfall directly on top of Charleston, but it split the difference between the Lowcountry and the Grand Strand, slamming into the ...
This is a list of the deadliest tropical cyclones, including all known storms that caused at least 1,000 direct deaths. There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
About a dozen people have died due to Hurricane Ian, which President Joe Biden has said could be the “deadliest” in Florida history. Hurricane Ian death toll rises in storm-stricken areas ...