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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]
Street flooding in Ocean City, New Jersey, from the storm. Elsewhere in New England, waves up to 30 ft (9.1 m) reached as far north as Maine, [2] along with tides that were 3 ft (0.91 m) above normal. [22] Significant flooding was reported in that state, along with high winds that left areas without power.
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
1938 New England hurricane; List of New York hurricanes; I. January 2007 North American ice storm; L. Lake Storm Aphid; N. Christmas 1994 nor'easter; February 1969 ...
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The village of Barnes Corner, New York, 80 miles north of Syracuse on Lake Ontario, had reported 65.5 inches of snow as of Monday morning, while Fort Drum to the north had 63 inches.
It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...
The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 1969, with a total of 14 named storms. The season also featured eight hurricanes, one of which intensified into a major hurricane.