hurricane agnes made landfall in 1972 at ireland.
hurricane agnes made landfall in 1972 at ireland.
where did hurricane agnes make landfall in 1972?
ireland
hurricane agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 atlantic hurricane season. agnes developed on june 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the yucatán peninsula. initially forming as a tropical depression, the storm headed slowly eastward and emerged into the western caribbean sea on june 15. once in the caribbean, the depression began to strengthen, and by the following day, it became tropical storm agnes. thereafter, agnes slowly curved northward and passed just west of cuba on june 17. early on june 18, the storm intensified enough to be upgraded to hurricane agnes. heading northward, the hurricane eventually made landfall near panama city, florida late on june 19. after moving inland, agnes rapidly weakened and was only a tropical depression when it entered georgia. the weakening trend halted as the storm crossed over georgia and into south carolina. while over eastern north carolina, agnes re-strengthened into a tropical storm on june 21, as a result of baroclinic activity. early the following day, the storm emerged into the atlantic ocean before re-curving northwestward and making landfall near new york city as a strong tropical storm. agnes quickly became an extratropical cyclone on june 23, and tracked to the northwest of great britain, before being absorbed by another extratropical cyclone on july 6.
hurricane agnes
on september 6, irma made landfall on the islands of barbuda, saint martin, and virgin gorda at peak strength. this ties irma with cyclones monica of 2006 and winston of 2016, and typhoons zeb of 1998, megi of 2010, and yutu of 2018 as the fifth-strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall globally – in terms of sustained winds – trailing only typhoon haiyan of 2013 and typhoon meranti of 2016, which bore winds of 190 mph (305 km/h) at landfall, and the 1935 labor day hurricane and typhoon joan of 1959, which bore winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) at landfall. irma is second to the 1935 labor day hurricane as the strongest landfalling cyclone on record in the atlantic basin, and is the first hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the atlantic at category 5 status since felix in 2007. irma is the first recorded category 5 hurricane to affect the northern leeward islands, and was one of the worst storms to hit the region on record, along with hurricane donna in 1960 and hurricane luis in 1995. in addition, irma is only the second hurricane on record to make landfall in cuba at category 5 intensity, with the other being a hurricane in 1924. furthermore, when irma made landfall on barbuda, saint martin, virgin gorda, and cuba as a category 5 hurricane, it became one of only two recorded atlantic storms to make landfall in multiple nations at this strength; the other was hurricane andrew in 1992, which struck both eleuthera and the united states as a category 5 hurricane.
hurricane irma