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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]
Historic comparisons to Fiona. 1893 San Roque hurricane – a Category 3 hurricane that took a similar track to Fiona. Hurricane Ginny (1963) – a Category 2 hurricane that was previously the most intense storm to hit Nova Scotia. Hurricane Hortense (1996) – a Category 4 hurricane which had a near-identical track, intensity, and impacts to ...
Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and was moving north-northwest at 10 mph (17 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, which said the storm is likely to ...
Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico on Sept. 19. That's when the Category 1 storm, which wasn’t expected to cause severe damage, triggered flooding, food shortages and a power outage ...
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One day after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico and triggered an island-wide blackout, over 1.3 million remain in the dark with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast to continue Monday.
Hurricane Fiona landed its devastating punch to Puerto Rico five years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through the island only weeks apart in 2017. Those storms destroyed the power grid and ...
As of the hurricane center’s 5 a.m. Monday advisory, Fiona was about 15 miles west-southwest of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph with higher gusts.