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The path of Hurricane Irene (photo courtesy of ) We will work diligently to get your property restored in the aftermath of a storm, no matter the extent of the damage. Our technicians can help homes and businesses that have sustained damage from a major storm including hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. At ServiceMaster Restoration by Complete, we are ready to help those in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and the surrounding areas in New Jersey with our flood and storm damage repair services.

The New York and New Jersey areas are highly vulnerable to major storms as evidenced by Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy the following year. In this guide, we will take a closer look at the formation and movements of Hurricane Irene, the damage it caused in New Jersey and New York, and the aftermath. New Jersey was among the hardest hit areas in terms of inland flooding. Hurricane Irene weakened to a tropical storm when it made landfall in New York and New Jersey, but these states still experienced significant flooding and property damage as well as deaths from the storm. Hurricane Irene not only brought flooding and strong winds everywhere it made landfall, but the storm also spawned isolated tornadoes that caused damage in areas not directly hit by the storm.įor our purposes, we are going to focus on the effects that Hurricane Irene had on the New York City area and southeastern New Jersey. The areas of the U.S affected by Hurricane Irene felt the largest impact as 48 of the 59 total deaths occurred in the U.S. While Hurricane Irene is not one of the strongest hurricanes on record, topping out at a Category 3 storm before hitting the Bahamas, it did cause property damage and loss of life over a very large path from the Caribbean up the East Coast. On August 29, Hurricane Irene became an extratropical cyclone that hit Vermont and the storm dissipated by August 30. Croix and made its final landfall on August 27 in Brooklyn, NY. It made its first landfall on the Caribbean island of St. Hurricane Irene started as a tropical wave from the African coast on Augand by August 21, it strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane Irene made 9 different landfalls as it moved from the Bahamas as far north as Vermont and it resulted in 58 deaths and $14.2 billion in total damage.

#NYC FLOOD DEATHS SERIES#

This week, we return with our series 10 Biggest Disasters in the History of New York City with a closer look at what was the first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Irene. Hurricane Irene directly over New York City in 2011 caused massive amounts of flooding (photo courtesy of )

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