New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones
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August 31, 2011
Flooding, Power Failures, Rainfall and Damage From Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene caused widespread flooding and power failures. More than 5.8 million customers lost electricity.
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River gauges where buildings and roads have flooded. Circles represent the percentage above a moderate flood level.
How often a rainfall event equaling the amount of rain produced by Hurricane Irene is expected to occur*
Customers without power on Sunday afternoon, by county
Total rainfall from the storm
New England Rivers flooded by heavy rainfall swept through many Vermont towns, washing away roads and forcing emergency evacuations. Several homes collapsed in flood waters along the Connecticut shore, where residents had been ordered to evacuate. Major flooding was also reported in New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. Boston shut down its public transit.
New York The Holland Tunnel and several bridges were partly closed during the storm. Thousands of flights were canceled from the area's three major airports. Evacuation orders covered 370,000 people in low-lying areas of the city, as well as 400,000 on Long Island. North of the city, flooding in the Hudson River Valley and the Catskills washed out roads and buildings.
New Jersey-Pennsylvania The storm made a second landfall near Little Egg Inlet, north of Atlantic City, around 5:30 a.m. Mandatory evacuations had been ordered for Cape May and Atlantic Counties and part of Ocean County in New Jersey. In Philadelphia, several buildings collapsed after the two rivers around the city flooded.
Maryland-Delaware-Washington Widespread power failure affected more than a million households. Mandatory evacuations covering 100,000 people had been ordered in Delaware.
Virginia Streets in Richmond were flooded and blocked by downed trees and power lines. Bridges and tunnels into Norfolk were closed.
North Carolina The storm came ashore at Cape Lookout on Saturday morning as a Category 1 storm, downgraded from a Category 2. The Bogue Inlet Pier and part of the pier at Atlantic Beach collapsed, and nearby towns reported several feet of water on the roads. Some homes away from the coast were destroyed by a related tornado. Several counties lost cell phone service as a result of power failures.
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