The storm, earlier downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane, hit land near the town of Westerly, R.I., at approximately 12:15 p.m. East Coast Sunday, knocking out power to thousands of Americans, canceling scores of flights and bringing record rainfall. Tropical Storm Henri slammed into Rhode Island on the U.S. Henri downed trees and power lines in southern New England.Ī New Market Volunteer Fire Company rescue crew member wades through high waters following a flash flood, as Tropical Storm Henri passed by Helmetta, N.J., on Aug. Less than two weeks before Ida's inundating rain, Hurricane Henri lumbered off the East Coast before landfalling near the Rhode Island-Connecticut border as a tropical storm. Given the impacts, Ida will likely be retired from future use as an Atlantic named storm. history behind only Katrina, Harvey, Maria and Sandy. That's good for the fifth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. NOAA estimated Ida inflicted just under $65 billion damage in the U.S. An EF3 in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, was the state's first F/EF3-rated tornado in 31 years. If that wasn't enough, Ida spawned destructive tornadoes. After the rain ended, lingering flooding left parts of New Jersey almost unrecognizable. Twelve river gauges measured record flood crests in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 4, 1869 flood when the river hit its all-time record stage of 17 feet. Its crest of 16.35 feet was only topped by an Oct. The Schuylkill River in Philadelphia experienced its worst flood in more than 150 years on Sept. Twenty-eight of those drowning fatalities were in New Jersey and 18 of those were in New York. At least 11 people in New York City died in flooded apartments alone.Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 53 people died due to drowning in the Northeast from Ida. Water rapidly flooded basements and ground levels in neighborhoods and apartments, trapping residents. Roads turned into rivers that trapped motorists, subways gushed like geysers, water filled buses up to the seats and Newark Airport flooded. The torrential rain quickly overwhelmed major infrastructure. That was their record wettest calendar day dating to 1931. Newark, New Jersey, picked up 8.41 inches of rain on Sept. That was the heaviest one-hour rainfall on record there. New York City's Central Park picked up 3.15 inches of rainfall in a single hour on the evening of Sept. Rainfall from Hurricane Ida from the northern Gulf Coast to the Northeast in late August and early September 2021. Ida reminded us of the inland danger of tropical cyclones hundreds of miles away from a reeling Louisiana.Įven though Ida had been downgraded to a tropical depression its circulation combined with a previously-stalled front to wring out up to 11 inches of rain in the Northeast in early September. It was the first time on record Category 4 landfalls occurred in Louisiana in back-to-back years. Ida's 150 mph Category 4 landfall tied 2020's Laura and the Last Island 1856 hurricane for strongest (by wind speed) to affect the Pelican State. The majority of those deaths occurred in the storm's aftermath from improper use of generators and/or carbon monoxide poisoning. Outages in Louisiana alone topped 1 million, and hundreds of thousands were without running water.Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 32 were killed from Ida near the Gulf Coast, 28 of those in Louisiana. These winds downed all eight transmission lines supplying electricity to New Orleans and left some residents without power for nearly a week. Its track brought its strongest winds into New Orleans where winds gusted up to 99 mph. Winds gusted over 100 mph along the Louisiana coast, including a 172 mph gust on a ship, among the nation's strongest gusts ever recorded in a hurricane. A barge settles on a bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug.
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