Hurricane+Irene









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Interesting Facts about Hurricane Irene
 * 1) Named Hurricane Irene (The ninth named storm).
 * 2) Date: Formed on August 20th, stopped on August 29th.
 * 3) Amount of rainfall in Philadelphia- 17.5 inches ALL TOGETHER, ( Shatters the record of 13.07)
 * 4) Puerto Rico- Deaths: 1, Missing: 0.
 * 5) Dominican Republic- Deaths: 4, Missing: 7
 * 6) Haiti- Deaths: 3, Missing : 0
 * 7) United States- Deaths: 46, Missing 1
 * 8) Canada- Deaths: 1, Missing: 0
 * 9) Total- Deaths: 55, Missing: 8
 * 10) Caused flooding almost everywhere it hit due to severe rainstorms/ thunderstorms.
 * 11) Cost of damage- $10.1 Billion Dollars USD (United States Dollar)
 * 12) Many places were evacuated for instance, Atlantic City.
 * 13) Left a huge amount of flooding and strong winds.
 * 14) Highest winds: 120 mph.
 * 15) Considered as a category 3 hurricane.
 * 16) Started to form on August 15th, 2011.
 * 17) Formed on the west coast of Africa as a small tropical wave.