Agnes in 1972 was just a tropical storm when it hit the NE. It ended up being the most destructive tropical system to date as far as dollar amount of damage, and the only non-major hurricane name retired at that point in history.
Freshwater flooding is the leading killer in hurricanes, and mere tropical storms in the mountains of the NE can create a lot of that. Which is why those of us who live in this region pay close attention to what you believe to be a measily little event.
Agnes in 1972 was just a tropical storm when it hit the NE. It ended up being the most destructive tropical system to date as far as dollar amount of damage
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Why do you keep repeating that falsehood over and over again? You know it’s not true and don’t forget Agnes also hit FL, GA, NC, SC, MUCH of that cost was there, not in the NE. You can’t make stuff up, enough, also why do you never post links to back up your so called facts? The reason you don’t is because you make them up.
Billions Name Year
$81.2 Hurricane Katrina[1] 2005
$40.7 Hurricane Andrew[2] 1992
$37.6 Hurricane Ike[3][4] 2008
$29.1 Hurricane Wilma[5][6][7][8] 2005
$18.6 Hurricane Charley[9][10] 2004
$18.1 Hurricane Ivan[11][12] 2004
$15.2 Hurricane Agnes[13] 1972
$14.1 Hurricane Hugo[14][15] 1989
$10.5 Hurricane Rita[16] 2005
$10.4 Hurricane Frances[12][14][17] 2004
$10.2 Hurricane Gilbert[18] 1988
$10.1 Hurricane Irene 2011
$9.4 Hurricane Betsy[14][19] 1965
$8.5 Hurricane Gustav[20] 2008
$8.2 Hurricane Mitch[21][22][23][24][25] 1998
$8.0 Hurricane Jeanne[12][14][26][27] 2004
$8.0 Hurricane Camille[14] 1969
$7.9 Hurricane Fifi[14][28] 1974
$7.9 Hurricane Georges[27][29][30] 1998
$6.8 Hurricane Diane[14] 1955
$6.6 Hurricane Donna[14][31] 1960
$6.5 Hurricane Frederic[14] 1979
$6.4 Tropical Storm Allison 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costliest_Atlantic_hurricanes#Overall_costliest
Death Tolls by Area Area Deaths
Canada 2
Cuba 9
Florida 9
North Carolina 2
Virginia 13
Delaware 1
Maryland 19
New Jersey 1
New York 24
Pennsylvania 50
Total 130
Wiki says 130, 11 of which were not in the United States. Which would be 119 in the U. S. hardly the deadliest storm.