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As of 2021, Pennsylvania has been affected by approximately 53 tropical storms and hurricanes, some with winds reaching as high as 75 miles per hour. The state is landlocked in the Northeastern United States.
Damage was heaviest in Pennsylvania, where Agnes was the state's wettest tropical cyclone. Due to the significant effects, the name Agnes was retired in the spring of 1973. Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Agnes remains one of the most costly natural disasters in Pennsylvania history. Nationwide, there were 122 deaths attributed to Agnes, 50 in the state of Pennsylvania. Total damages from the storm reached over $3 billion dollars nationwide, with over $2 billion dollars in losses occurring in the Susquehanna River basin.
In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused severe flooding in Pennsylvania and southern New York. The floods on many major streams were the highest known since the river valleys were settled. Maximum discharges were as much as twice the discharge of a 50-year flood.
20 Ιουν 2019 · Agnes caused more than $2 billion in damage in Pennsylvania - including 68,000 homes and 3,000 businesses destroyed. Forty-eight deaths were reported - more than in any other state....
The widespread flooding from this storm caused Agnes to be called the most destructive hurricane in United States history, claiming 117 lives and causing damage estimated at $3.1 billion in 12 States.
21 Ιουν 2022 · In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes began its slow and steady journey up the East Coast. As the storm decreased in intensity, it belied the eventual destruction it left behind in the Twin Tiers of...
