Irene - Weather

Weather

• Several tropical storms/hurricanes
  • In the Atlantic
    • Tropical Storm Irene (1959), caused minor damage to the Florida Panhandle
    • Hurricane Irene–Olivia, struck Nicaragua as a Category 1 hurricane, then tracked to the Eastern Pacific Ocean and became Eastern Pacific's hurricane Olivia
    • Hurricane Irene (1981), part of the 1981 Atlantic hurricane season, Category 3 hurricane; moved across the Atlantic both ways, eventually hitting France as an extratropical storm
    • Hurricane Irene (1999), Category 2 hurricane; passed over Cuba and struck Florida, causing $800 million (1999 USD) in damage
    • Hurricane Irene (2005), Category 2 hurricane; did not affect land
    • Hurricane Irene (2011), caused extensive damage to the Greater Antilles, made landfall on the US East Coast as a Category 1 hurricane, causing $18.7 billion (2011 USD) in damage both in the U.S. and the Antille
  • Western Pacific
    • Tropical Storm Irene (1947), part of the 1940–49 Pacific typhoon seasons