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  2. Hurricane Agnes - Wikipedia

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    Damage was heaviest in Pennsylvania, where Agnes was the state's wettest tropical cyclone. Due to the significant effects, the name Agnes was retired in the spring of 1973. Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season.

  3. List of Pennsylvania hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    No storm has ever made landfall in the state, though many storms, notably Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Ida, have passed through the state as an extratropical cyclone. A notable one of these storms was Hurricane Agnes in 1972, with 50 people dying due to the storm in Pennsylvania. [1] The strongest winds in the state were from Hurricane Sandy.

  4. Category:Hurricanes in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Hurricanes in Pennsylvania" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Hurricane Agnes; B. Tropical Storm Barry (2007 ...

  5. Do you remember? 52 years ago this week, Tropical Storm Agnes ...

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    Agnes caused 50 fatalities in Pennsylvania. See photos and statistics from York County's worst storm. ... In 1975, the creek set its highest crest at 18.77 feet during Hurricane Eloise. The creek ...

  6. List of United States hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Hurricane Agnes (1972) had a severe impact on the state. Although it had been only a Category 1 storm, and had weakened to a tropical depression by the time it reached Pennsylvania, Hurricane Agnes nevertheless caused severe flooding, as well as enormous economic damage.

  7. Unprecedented wrath of Hurricane Agnes reverberates 50 ... - AOL

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    On June 15, 1972, a tropical wave developed into Tropical Storm Agnes, which soon became Hurricane Agnes, the first and most destructive storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season.

  8. Agnes at 50: the storm by which all storms are measured - AOL

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    Jun. 19—Mention Hurricane Agnes, and Frank Zangari thinks of coal. Oh, there was water too, water everywhere in Girardville, where the then-17-year-old junior at North Schuylkill High School ...

  9. Milton State Park - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Agnes wiped out the newly created Milton State Park in 1972. The island and much of Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna River watershed was flooded extensively by the hurricane. The park was eventually rebuilt with federal disaster relief funds.