Deadly flooding hit New York City and New Jersey, where a combined 50 people died, mostly from drowning, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By the time it reached the marshy fringe of Louisiana, it was a 150-mph cyclone that maintained major hurricane muscle for eight hours after landfall.Īs Ida moved to the northeast, rain totals of 3 to 8 inches were widespread from Maryland through southern New England. Ida splashed through a warm eddy in the Gulf of Mexico, where it gained a staggering 50 mph in less than 24 hours. “This year we had Henri, Ida and Fred causing billions of dollars in damages,” said AccuWeather lead hurricane forecaster Dan Kottlowski. shores during the hyperactive 2020 season. landfalls but lower than the 12 storms that breached U.S. That’s above the long-term average of three to four U.S. More: Scary trend: Major hurricanes in October and November - why is it happening?Įight storms hit the U.S. More: Greek alphabet banned after names confused people Four hurricane names retired While those late-season forecasts may have been off, seasonal predictions made prior to the June 1 start date were mostly pointing to another lively year.Īnd they were verified with the 21-storm total, including seven hurricanes, of which four were major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.Ī normal season has 14 named storms and seven hurricanes, including three major hurricanes. It doesn’t always behave in the way people expect it to.” “But the weather and climate system is chaotic. “I was saying ocean temperatures are warmer than average and waters off Mexico and Florida are warm and there’s La Niña, so odds are we are going to get an active end of season,” said Jeff Masters, a meteorologist for Yale Climate Connections and a co-founder of Weather Underground. Instead, the season wheezed to an end with harmless Tropical Storm Wanda, which faded into oblivion 380 miles west of the Azores on Nov. More: Claudette was one for the record books in a way that we may not see again in our lifetime More: What is a 'brown ocean' and how did it turn Ida into such a monster hurricane? 29 crash into Louisiana that took the lives of an estimated 95 people in seven states over three to four days, and the sudden fizzle of a season that many thought would be backloaded by the October entrance of La Niña. Hurricane experts reviewing the 21 named storms of 2021 noted two standout events: Category 4 Hurricane Ida’s Aug. The same can’t be said for the Panhandle, which was burdened by three landfalling storms that racked up more than $2 billion in damage in multiple states. The 2021 hurricane season ended above average for the sixth consecutive year, exhausting the storm name list – again – and birthing a spree killer that brutalized areas from Louisiana through Connecticut.ĭespite the overachieving season, which ends Tuesday, the Florida Peninsula remained unscathed with not even a near-miss from a malcontent tropical cyclone. Watch Video: Hurricane Ida aftermath: Destruction and death brought to Louisiana
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