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Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.
Hurricane Irene was indirectly responsible for one death when a man hydroplaned on a wet road and crashed. Despite the severe flooding, Hurricane Irene caused little damage in North Carolina. [42] Hurricane Irene also produced heavy rainfall in southeastern Virginia of up to 12 inches (300 mm) in Chesapeake, [1] where
The Effects of Hurricane Irene in New York were the worst from a hurricane since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Hurricane Irene formed from a tropical wave on August 21, 2011 in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved west-northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters. Shortly before becoming a hurricane, Irene struck ...
Dyre lost her son and both her parents in Asheville, North Carolina, after they were caught up in the flash floods that came with Helene — which left at least 227 people dead — a large portion ...
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.. The death toll ...
In August 2011, the Frying Pan Tower was directly hit [6] [circular reference] by Hurricane Irene with measured winds of 67 mph (108 km/h) and waves of 28 ft (8.5 m). An observational flight the day after the storm, August 28, 2011, showed that the tower had no visible damage from the impact. [ 7 ]
Waynesville is among the communities in western North Carolina impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Helene that caused catastrophic flooding. Congregants pray at the First Baptist Church in ...
On August 25, the NHC predicted Irene would be over New Jersey within three days. Accordingly, the agency issued a hurricane watch for the East Coast of the United States from the North Carolina/Virginia border to Sandy Hook in New Jersey. A day later, this was upgraded to a hurricane warning, including the northernmost portion of the coastline ...