Not exact matches
And what about Irene, which came ashore on North Carolina on Aug. 27, 2011, and caused
record flooding across eastern New York and Vermont
after several subsequent
landfalls as a tropical storm?
If the storm makes
landfall, coming two weeks
after Hurricane Harvey inundated parts of Texas, it would be the first time in
recorded history that two hurricanes classified as Category 4 or higher hit the U.S. in a single season, according to Weather Underground.
• Harvey lasted 117 hours as a named storm
after Texas
landfall, shattering the old
record for named storm longevity
after Texas hurricane
landfall set by Fern (1971) at 54 hours • Harvey broke the tropical cyclone - generated United States rainfall
record.
In Florida, where Irma hit as a category 4 on the Keys, it came
after a
record 4339 days (just short of 12 years) without a
landfalling hurricane.