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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.
way from Hispaniola early on 24 August, however, Irene began to strengthen. It became a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, with a peak intensity of 105 knots and a minimum central pressure of 957 mb, at 1200 UTC 24 A.
Hurricane Irene left 8 million people without power-some for as long as a week-and resulted in the closure of several major airports, the suspension of Amtrak train service, and the historic closure of the New York City mass transit system.
Huragan Irene – cyklon tropikalny wiejący w sierpniu 2011 nad północnym Atlantykiem, zagrażający wschodnim wybrzeżom Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz wschodniej Kanadzie. W czasie przechodzenia przez miasto Nowy Jork, huragan złagodniał na tyle, że uzyskał status burzy tropikalnej.
Hurricane Irene left 8 million people without power—some for as long as a week—and resulted in the closure of several major airports, the suspension of Amtrak train service, and the historic closure of the New York City mass transit system.
Hurricane Irene, tropical cyclone that brought significant wind damage to several islands in The Bahamas and torrential rains to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and several eastern U.S. states in late August 2011.
Hurricane Irene made landfall across western Long Island, NY and was downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moved into and through New England. The storm produced widespread, devastating flooding in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and New Jersey and damaging storm surge along the coasts of North Carolina and Connecticut.
