Disambiguation evidence for Hurricane Agnes 1972 via surface form

"Hurricane Agnes (1972)"


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Predicate Object
affectedArea Caribbean Sea
affectedArea Connecticut
affectedArea Cuba
affectedArea Province of Delaware
surface form: Delaware
affectedArea Florida
affectedArea Georgia
surface form: Georgia (U.S. state)
affectedArea Maryland
affectedArea New York
surface form: New York (state)
affectedArea North Carolina
affectedArea Ontario
affectedArea Pennsylvania
affectedArea Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
affectedArea South Carolina
affectedArea Virginia
affectedArea West Virginia
agencyTrackedBy National Hurricane Center
basin Atlantic Ocean
caused catastrophic flooding in the eastern United States
caused dam failures and levee overtopping
caused heavy rainfall over the Mid-Atlantic states
caused record flooding in New York
caused record flooding in Pennsylvania
caused severe inland flooding
caused storm surge along the Gulf Coast of Florida
caused widespread river flooding
classification Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable
countryAffected Canada
countryAffected Cuba
countryMostAffected United States of America
surface form: United States
currencyOfDamageCost US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
damageCost about 2.1 billion USD (1972)
damageCost over 10 billion USD (inflation-adjusted)
damageCost over 3 billion USD (1972, including indirect losses)
dissipatedOn 1972-07-06
entered Gulf of Mexico
extratropicalRemnantsAffected New England
extratropicalRemnantsAffected eastern Canada
floodRecord record crest of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg
floodRecord record crest of the Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre
formedOn 1972-06-14
impactedCity Buffalo
surface form: Buffalo, New York
impactedCity Elmira, New York
impactedCity Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
impactedCity Richmond, Virginia
impactedCity Washington, D.C.
impactedCity Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
impactedRiver Allegheny River
impactedRiver Genesee River
impactedRiver Juniata River
impactedRiver Monongahela River
impactedRiver Potomac River
impactedRiver Susquehanna River
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane
instanceOf Category 1 Atlantic hurricane
instanceOf retired Atlantic hurricane name
ledTo changes in flood insurance and disaster relief programs in the United States
ledTo major improvements in U.S. flood control policies
madeLandfallIn Florida
madeLandfallIn New York
madeLandfallIn North Carolina
madeLandfallIn Florida Panhandle
surface form: Panhandle of Florida
maximumSustainedWinds 120 km/h
maximumSustainedWinds 75 mph
meteorologicalOrigin tropical disturbance in the Yucatán Peninsula region
minimumCentralPressure 977 hPa
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list
nameRetiredIn 1973
namedAfter Agnes
notableFor being the costliest U.S. hurricane on record at the time
notableFor extreme inland flooding rather than wind damage
notableFor historic flooding in the Potomac River basin
notableFor historic flooding in the Susquehanna River basin
partOf 1972 Atlantic hurricane season
rainfallPeak over 12 inches in parts of New York
rainfallPeak over 19 inches in parts of Pennsylvania
reachedHurricaneStatusOn 1972-06-18
reachedTropicalStormStatusOn 1972-06-16
replacedBy Hurricane name Allison (for future seasons)
season June 1972
totalFatalities approximately 128
totalFatalities over 120 people
track Caribbean Sea to Gulf of Mexico to U.S. East Coast
transitionedTo extratropical cyclone