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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.