Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable
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Hurricane Agnes (1972) was a destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone best known for causing catastrophic flooding along the U.S. East Coast, particularly in Pennsylvania and New York.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic tropical cyclone
ⓘ
hurricane ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ Delaware ⓘ Florida ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ |
| basin | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| caused |
catastrophic flooding
ⓘ
major flooding in the Schuylkill River basin ⓘ widespread river flooding in the Susquehanna River basin ⓘ |
| classification | not a Cape Verde-type system ⓘ |
| convertedTo | extratropical cyclone ⓘ |
| damageCost | over 2 billion USD (1972) ⓘ |
| deathToll | over 120 deaths ⓘ |
| dissipatedOn | 1972-07-06 ⓘ |
| extratropicalTransitionRegion | eastern United States ⓘ |
| formedFrom | tropical disturbance in the Yucatán region ⓘ |
| formedOn | 1972-06-14 ⓘ |
| impactedCity |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
Elmira, New York ⓘ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
| madeLandfallIn |
Florida
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ |
| meteorologicalAgency | National Hurricane Center ⓘ |
| minimumCentralPressure | 977 hPa ⓘ |
| nameRetired | true ⓘ |
| nameRetiredFrom | Atlantic hurricane naming list ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catastrophic flooding along the U.S. East Coast
ⓘ
severe flooding in New York ⓘ severe flooding in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| originType | non–Cape Verde system ⓘ |
| peakCategory | Category 1 hurricane ⓘ |
| peakWindSpeed | 75 mph ⓘ |
| record | costliest U.S. hurricane on record at the time ⓘ |
| remnantInteraction | merged with an extratropical system ⓘ |
| season | 1972 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hurricane Agnes (1972)