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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 ...
U.S. Coast Guard aircrew hoists people from flooded areas near Sanibel, Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Sept. 29, 2022. Crews continue to conduct search and rescue operations in affected areas.
News and updates from Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 on Hurricane Ian's aftermath in Fort Myers and Lee County. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
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 ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Georgetown. 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 ...
The effects of Hurricane Ike in inland North America, in September 2008, were unusually intense and included widespread damage across all or parts of eleven states – Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, [1] Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, (not including Louisiana and Texas where the storm made landfall) and into parts of Ontario as Ike, which ...