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A mandatory evacuation order for low-lying areas of New York City was issued at 2:00 p.m. on August 26. [5] [6] A day prior, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had announced that the city would prepare to create "an enormous shelter system" for residents without access to higher ground. [7]
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.
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]
For most of the past week, Hurricane Irene has cast a blustery shadow across the news spectrum, unleashing a deluge of stories about bottled water sales, media hype and the best songs for a ...
August 2011 – A mass evacuation stretching from North Carolina to New York was ordered because of Hurricane Irene and its size. [28] June 2013 – Nearly 1,000,000 people evacuated in 12 days from Uttarakhand, India due to a flash flood and landslide. This operation was completed by the Indian Air Force, ITBP, NDRF, and local authorities.
In August 2011, Broad Channel faced its first mandatory evacuation due to Hurricane Irene. [38] [39] In the aftermath, two homes on Church Road between East 12th and 14th Road collapsed into Jamaica Bay due to the high storm tide. [40] In October 2012, Broad Channel faced another mandatory evacuation due to Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Milton powered on Monday into a Category 5 hurricane with 180-mph winds and is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday or early Thursday.. Areas of Florida and ...
Residents of low-lying areas of Hudson County along the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay were advised to evacuate. [22] In some areas, evacuation was mandatory for residents of ground-floor apartments. [23] At MetLife Stadium, a preseason football game between the New York Giants and New York Jets was postponed until August 29. [24]