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Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed as a tropical depression on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the Yucatán Peninsula.
The widespread flooding from this storm caused Agnes to be called the most destructive hurricane in United States history, claiming 117 lives and causing damage estimated at $3.1 billion in 12 States.
In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes caused widespread damage across the eastern United States. Five decades later, FEMA Region 3 and our partners are remembering this significant storm through an interagency website, videos, webinars, and other products and events.
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the historic, deadly flooding spawned by Hurricane Agnes and its remnants in June 1972 across the eastern U.S., including the hardest-hit states of Pennsylvania and New York. Agnes was one of the largest June hurricanes to ever roam the Atlantic Basin.
PHILADELPHIA – Half a century ago, in late June 1972, one of the most devasting and historic hurricanes the United States had experienced formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Agnes made landfall as a Category 1 storm and caused significant and widespread damage throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
On 16 June after turning to the north, the depression became the first tropical storm of the 1972 hurricane season and was named Agnes. It was a very large storm, extending over 3215 km (2,000 mi) outward from its center.
However, in 1972, one of the most impactful June hurricanes on record began to form in the Gulf of Mexico: Hurricane Agnes. On June 11, an unusual area of convection was spotted in the northwest Caribbean Sea as a polar front dropped into the region.
On June 19, 1972, a minimal Category-One hurricane named Agnes came ashore near Panama City, Florida. While wind and storm-surge damage along the coast was small, the major impact from Agnes came afterward. Agnes developed from a disturbance over the Yucatan peninsula on June 14th.
Hurricane Agnes originated in the Caribbean Sea region in mid-June. Circulation barely reached hurricane intensity for a brief period in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm crossed the Florida Panhandle coastline on June 19, 1972, and followed an unusually extended overland trajectory combining with an extratropical system to bring very heavy rain ...
Hurricane Agnes was the nations' most costly natural disaster at the time. Devastating floods occurred across the Mid-Atlantic region resulting from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes in late June of 1972. Hurricane Agnes came onshore over the Florida Panhandle during the afternoon of June 19th.