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Hurricane Irene

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August 15, 2011 - August 27, 2011

Hurricane Irene, tropical cyclone that brought significant wind damage to several islands in The Bahamas and torrential rains to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and several eastern U.S. states in late August 2011. Flash flooding generated by the storm’s relentless rainfall killed more than 50 people and produced widespread property damage in Puerto Rico and in the United States from North Carolina to New England. Hurricane Irene began as a tropical wave (a trough of low pressure) off the west coast of Africa on August 15, and it became a named tropical storm on August 20, as it neared Dominica in the ...(100 of 418 words)

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