| Event: | TC Tropical Cyclone |
| Number: | 2003-000002 |
| Country: | USA United States |
| Location: | North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia
, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |
| Date (YMD): | 2003-9-18 |
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| Information Source: | SHELDUS
NOAA
(http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#chron)
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-TPC-5.pdf)
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2003isabel.shtml) |
| Comments: | Hurricane Isabel made landfall as a category 2 hurricane in eastern North Carolina. The storm caused considerable storm surge damage along the coasts of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia, with wind damage and some flooding due to 4-12 inch rains in NC, VA, MD, DE, WV, NJ, NY, and PA.
NOAA reports damages of $3.37 billion.
Isabel is directly responsible for 16 deaths: 10 in Virginia, and 1 each in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Florida. The deaths in Florida and Rhode Island were drownings in high surf generated by Isabel. Isabel was indirectly responsible for 34 deaths: 22 in Virginia, 6 in Maryland, 2 in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and 1 each in New Jersey and the District of Columbia. |
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