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- Hurricane Floyd, 1999. Aerial photograph of inland flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd. J. Jordan of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Flood of the Century, the 500-Year Flood, Hurricane Floyd. It remains the single greatest disaster in North Carolina’s history. This mammoth storm was twice the size of a normal hurricane, but the true devastation began after the storm had passed. North Carolinians went to sleep the night after the storm only to wake with flood waters lapping over their bedsides. Floyd’s torrential rains had produced record-breaking flooding.
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List of New York hurricanes October 24, 1878 — The state is affected by tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain with the passage of a hurricane, which made landfall in Virginia. August 22, 1888 — A tropical storm tracks over New York City before tracking north along the East Coast of the United States.
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Hawaii's Hurricane History The last time a category 4 hurricane hit Hawaii was 15 years ago when Hurricane Iniki swept over the islands. The eye of the hurricane passed over Kauai on September 11, 1992. It caused over $1 billion in damage and six deaths. The hurricane also destroyed 1,400 homes and severely damaged over 5,000.
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10 years later: Remembering hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne Hurricane Charley. It started with Hurricane Charley when its made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida on Aug. 13, 2004. The storm caused $15 billion in damage and killed 10 people in the United States. At the time, Charley was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
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Tropical Cyclone Zena Passes South of Fiji, Causes Flooding Six Weeks After Cyclone Winston Interestingly, multiple Category 1+ tropical cyclones tracked near Nadi in 1997, 1992, 1985 and 1972. Only Betty in 1975 and June in 1997 tracked near Nadi, Fiji in April or later. April typically falls at the back end of the southwest Pacific tropical cyclone season.
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- The first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in damage was Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which caused much of its damage in southeastern Louisiana. Two and four years later, Hurricanes Beulah and Camille both caused at least $1 billion in damage.
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- Pensacola, Florida, was one of the cities hardest hit when Hurricane Ivan blasted ashore on September 16, 2004. Two days later, on September 18, the Ikonos satellite captured this view of the disaster. Piles of boats have been pushed against the shore in contrast to the neat lines parked along the harbor on January 4, 2003.
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Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Hurricane Camille, the USA's second strongest 20th century hurricane, hit the Gulf Coast in 1969. Camille became a hurricane on Aug. 15, 1969 south of Cuba and began quickly growing that night as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico. On the morning of Aug. 17, when Camille was centered about 250 miles south of Mobile, Ala., an Air Force reconnaissance plane measured a barometric pressure of 26.84 inches of mercury and winds of more than 200 mph.
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Hurricane Emily (1993) Hurricane Emily (1993) Hurricane Emily in 1993 caused record flooding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina while remaining just offshore. The fifth named storm and first hurricane of the year's hurricane season, Emily developed from a tropical wave northeast of the Lesser Antilles on August 22. It moved northwestward and strengthened into a tropical storm on August 25, after becoming nearly stationary southeast of Bermuda.
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Hurricane Emily, August 31, 1993 - 20th Anniversary HURRICANE EMILY - AUGUST 31, 1993 - 20th Anniversary. SUMMARY. Hurricane Emily was the fifth named storm, first hurricane, and only major hurricane of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. The tropical wave that spawned Emily moved off the West Coast of Africa on August 17, 1993 and into the Cape Verde Islands.
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When Did Hurricane Katrina Hit When Did Hurricane Katrina Hit. Katrina was first upgraded to Tropical Storm status on August 24, 2005, and it was given its name. It only just make it to a category one hurricane before it crossed the coast of Florida early morning August 25.urricane Katrina hit around 6:10 a.m. on August 29, 2005 near the Louisiana/Mississippi borderline…and they say there was around 1,836 fatalities (deaths) after the hurricane powered down into a tropical depressions then to a storm and eventually died out! :G. March 26, 2010 at 3:51 pm.
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Hurricane Ike Hurricane Ike (pronounced /ˈaɪk/) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008.
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- Hurricane Irene formed on August 21, 2011. Irene hit Puerto Rico on August 22, the Bahamas on August 23, North Carolina on August 27, and New Jersey and New York on August 28. ….
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Hurricane Gustav The storm was the seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season. Gustav caused serious damage and casualties in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the United States. Gustav caused at least $6.6 billion (2008 USD) in damages. It formed on the morning of August 25, 2008, about 260 miles (420 km) southeast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and rapidly strengthened into a tropical storm that afternoon and into a hurricane early on August 26.
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2016 Hurricane Season: 3 things to know Floyd, 1999: Deadly flooding, especially in North Carolina, was one of Floyd's main legacies. Parts of eastern North Carolina and Virginia received 15 to 20 inches of rain, and flooding led to the razing of thousands of buildings -- most of them homes -- from North Carolina to New Jersey.
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- Charlotte County Before and After Hurricane Charley. 1  On Aug. 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley hit Punta Gorda hard. Heavily damaging the Charlotte Regional Medical Center, erasing residences at the Palmetto Mobile Home Park and destroying the Blossom Florist Shop in downtown Punta Gorda, which was never rebuilt.
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- The hurricane hit the southeast United States, but caused the most damage to New Orleans, since the city is below sea level. Hurricane Katrina made three landfalls in the US.The first was in southeast Florida as a Category One.The second was near the mouth of the Mississippi River (Category 3 or 4), and the last around Waveland, Mississippi as a Strong Category 3.urricane Katrina first formed as a tropical depression on August 23, 2005 and struck Florida on August 25. Katrina's famous landfall near New Orleans was on August 29. Katrin … a was absorbed by another system on August 30. 3 people found this useful.
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The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 Home | History | Meteorology | Damage Photos | Video | News Clippings | References. Check out WFO Boston/Taunton's 1938 Hurricane Page. On September 21, 1938, one of the most destructive and powerful hurricanes in recorded history struck Long Island and Southern New England. The storm developed near the Cape Verde Islands on September 9, tracking across the Atlantic and up the Eastern Seaboard.
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Hurricanes in Florida At least 34 people were killed when it reached the Pensacola area. 1909, 1910, 1919 A series of bad hurricanes hit the Keys. They damaged the Seven Mile Bridge and caused major damage in Key West. 1921 The last major hurricane to hit Tampa and the Florida central west coast caused over a million dollars in damage.The storm passed across the state and exited at Jacksonville.921 The last major hurricane to hit Tampa and the Florida central west coast caused over a million dollars in damage. The storm passed across the state and exited at Jacksonville.
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Hurricane Mitch slams into Central America Hurricane Mitch hits Central America on this day in 1998. The storm, the most deadly hurricane to hit the Western Hemisphere in more than 200 years, went on to kill thousands of people. The storm formed on October 8 off the west coast of Africa. For 10 days it grew larger, slowly making its way across the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. This was the worst hurricane to hit New Orleans since Hurricane Betsy in September of 1965.he hurricane hit the southeast United States, but caused the most damage to New Orleans, since the city is below sea level. Hurricane Katrina made three landfalls in the US. The first was in southeast Florida as a Category One.
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Tropical Storm Emily (1999) Tropical Storm Emily (1999) Tropical Storm Emily was the fifth named storm of the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. Emily formed on August 24 from the same cluster of tropical waves that spawned hurricanes Cindy and Dennis. Emily formed east of the Windward Islands, moved northwest, then north, and dissipated on August 28. Emily's peak was 50 mph.
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Preliminary Report Hurricane Andrew 16 - 28 August, 1992 The region of high pressure held steady and drove Andrew nearly due west for two and a half days beginning on the 22nd. Andrew was a category 4 hurricane when its eye passed over northern Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas late on the 23rd and then over the southern Berry Islands in the Bahamas early on the 24th. After leaving the Bahamas, Andrew continued moving westward toward southeast Florida.
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Hurricane Andrew Both Hurricane Floyd and Hurricane Andrew were very powerful and destructive Atlantic hurricanes that struck the U.S. in the summer. Hurricane Floyd was a strong category 4 hu … rricane with peak winds of 155 mph, that struck North Carolina at category 2 strength in September of 1999. Damage totaled to $4.5 billion (worth $6.2 billion today). Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane with peak winds of 175 mph that struck Florida at category 5 strength and in Louisiana at category 3 strength. in August of 1992. Damage totaled to $26 billion (worth $43 billion today).
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Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Hurricane Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the United States at peak intensity near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the night of August 17 during the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, causing catastrophic damage. Camille was the only hurricane with winds at 190 mph until Allen in 1980.