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15th Anniversary of Hurricane Georges

On Sept. 25, 1998 Hurricane Georges roared through the Florida Keys, inflicting $200 million in damage through heavy rainfall and storm surge. Georges had already left a trail of destruction throughout the Caribbean, especially in the Leeward and Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, and Cuba killing more than 500 people along the way. After raging […]

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75th Anniversary of the Long Island Express

On Sept. 21, 1938, the Great New England hurricane (aka the Long Island Express) came barreling ashore on the eastern tip of Long Island, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Most of the coastal population of the United States’ Northeastern corridor were unprepared since the storm accelerated once it passed Cape Hatteras and was traveling at over […]

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10th Anniversary of Hurricane Isabel’s landfall

On September 18, 2003 Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Although Isabel had been a Category Five hurricane at its peak, it struck the United States as a Category Two storm. Still, it caused over $5 billion in damage to the MidAtlantic states and killed 16 people directly. While Isabel […]

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