Huragan Irene (2011)
| Huragan 3 kategorii w skali Saffira-Simpsona | |
 Huragan Irene 24 sierpnia godz. 18:15 UTC | |
| Typ | Huragan |
|---|---|
| Początek | 20 sierpnia 2011 |
| Koniec | 28 sierpnia 2011 |
| Najwyższa prędkość wiatru | 193[1] km/h |
| Najniższe ciśnienie | 942 hPa |
| Ofiary śmiertelne | 56 osób |
| Dotknięte kraje | zobacz listę w artykule |
 trasa huraganu | |
Huragan Irene − cyklon tropikalny wiejący w sierpniu 2011 nad północnym Atlantykiem, zagrażający wschodnim wybrzeżom Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz wschodniej Kanadzie. W czasie przechodzenia przez miasto Nowy Jork, huragan złagodniał na tyle, że uzyskał status burzy tropikalnej[2].
Huragan przeszedł przez:
- Dominikanę[3];
- wyspy Turks i Caicos[3] (terytorium zależne Wielkiej Brytanii);
- Wyspy Dziewicze[3] (terytoria zależne Wielkiej Brytanii i USA);
- Portoryko[3] (terytorium stowarzyszone z USA);
- Wyspy Bahama[3];
- wschodnie wybrzeże Stanów Zjednoczonych: Karolinę Północną[2], Wirginię[2], Maryland[2], New Jersey[2], Nowy Jork[2] i Nową Anglię (Connecticut[4], Massachusetts[4], Rhode Island[4], New Hampshire[4], Vermont[4], Maine[4]);
- wschodnią Kanadę: Quebec[5], prowincje nadmorskie (tzw. Maritimes)[5];
W Hrabstwie Calvert w Maryland, niesiony wiatrem kawałek aluminium uderzył w transformator elektrowni jądrowej Calvert Cliffs, powodując jej automatyczne wyłączenie[6].
Ze względu na znaczne straty materialne oraz straty w ludziach, jakie wywołała Irene, nazwa ta została wycofana z ponownego użycia w nazewnictwie cyklonów tropikalnych nad Atlantykiem. Postanowiono, że nazwę Irene zastąpi nazwa Irma[7].
Ofiary huraganu
| Państwo | Ofiary śmiertelne |
|---|---|
 Stany Zjednoczone | 47 [8] |
 Dominikana | 4 [9] |
 Haiti | 3 [9] |
 Kanada | 1 [10] |
 Portoryko | 1 [9] |
| Razem | 56 |
Zobacz też
- Huragan Irene (1999)
Przypisy
- ↑ Bahamy: Poważne szkody wyrządzone przez Huragan Irene. Polska The Times/PAP, 2011-08-25. [dostęp 2011-08-31].
- ↑ a b c d e f Irene słabnie. Ameryka liczy straty. Polskie Radio. [dostęp 2011-08-28].
- ↑ a b c d e Irene sieje grozę na Wyspach Bahama i rośnie w siłę. Wirtualna Polska, 2011-08-24. [dostęp 2011-08-28].
- ↑ a b c d e f Coraz więcej ofiar Irene, wyłączenie elektrowni jądrowej. Onet.pl, 2011-08-29. [dostęp 2011-08-29].
- ↑ a b Andy Blatchford: One missing after Irene strikes Canada. TheChronicleHerald.ca (The Halifax Herald Limited), 2011-08-30. [dostęp 2011-08-30].
- ↑ Huragan Irene wyłączył reaktor w Maryland. Polskie Radio, 2011-08-28. [dostęp 2011-08-29].
- ↑ “Irene” retired from list of Atlantic Basin storm names (ang.). NOAA. [dostęp 2012-06-09].
- ↑ Anger rises at Hurricane Irene power outages (ang.). CBC/The Associated Press, 2011-09-01. [dostęp 2011-09-06].
- ↑ a b c Hurricane Irene blamed for at least 44 US deaths (ang.). ABC, 2011-08-30. [dostęp 2011-09-06]. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2012-08-26)].
- ↑ Hurricane Irene blamed for 40 deaths in US, Canada (ang.). Interaksyon.com / Agence France-Presse, 2011-08-30. [dostęp 2011-09-06]. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2011-09-01)].
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Hurricane Irene strengthened on its path toward the continental United States in late August 2011. Residents of the U.S. East Coast braced for the first hurricane to seriously threaten the country in three years, Voice of America reported.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image at 2:15 p.m. local time (18:15 UTC) on August 24. Storm clouds hide the Turks and Caicos Islands, and extend westward over The Bahamas. Clouds also linger over the Dominican Republic and Haiti. At 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 24, about the time MODIS took this picture, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Irene was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles (195 kilometers) per hour. By 5:00 a.m. EDT on August 25, the NHC reported, Irene’s winds had weakened slightly, to 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour. The storm remained a powerful Category 3 hurricane. A hurricane warning was in effect for the southeastern, central, and northwestern Bahamas. A hurricane watch was in effect for Surf City, North Carolina, northward to the Virginia border. A tropical storm watch was in effect for Edisto Beach, South Carolina, north to Surf City. As of 5:00 a.m. EDT on August 25, Irene was moving toward the northwest at about 12 miles (19 kilometers) per hour. The storm was expected to turn toward the north-northwest the same day, then toward the north early the following day. The NHC five-day storm track showed Irene moving northward along the U.S. East Coast.
As U.S. residents braced for Irene’s arrival, residents of Caribbean Islands cleaned up from the destructive storm. The Christian Science Monitor reported that flooding and mudslides had forced the Dominican Republic to evacuate nearly 38,000 people, and a U.S.-based analysis firm estimated potential damage in the Caribbean at up to $3.1 billion.Track map of Hurricane Irene of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below.
Storm type
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Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression