Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed as a tropical depression on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the Yucatán Peninsula.

The widespread flooding from this storm caused Agnes to be called the most destructive hurricane in United States history, claiming 117 lives and causing damage estimated at $3.1 billion in 12 States.

Hurricane Agnes remains one of the most costly natural disasters in Pennsylvania history. Nationwide, there were 122 deaths attributed to Agnes, 50 in the state of Pennsylvania. Total damages from the storm reached over $3 billion dollars nationwide, with over $2 billion dollars in losses occurring in the Susquehanna River basin.

On June 19, 1972, a minimal Category-One hurricane named Agnes came ashore near Panama City, Florida. While wind and storm-surge damage along the coast was small, the major impact from Agnes came afterward. Agnes developed from a …

However, in 1972, one of the most impactful June hurricanes on record began to form in the Gulf of Mexico: Hurricane Agnes. On June 11, an unusual area of convection was spotted in the northwest Caribbean Sea as a polar front dropped into the region.

On 16 June after turning to the north, the depression became the first tropical storm of the 1972 hurricane season and was named Agnes. It was a very large storm, extending over 3215 km (2,000 mi) outward from its center. Agnes developed into a hurricane on 17 June over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane did not strengthen any ...

Hurricane Agnes ranks among the most devastating meteorological events ever to assail the nation’s eastern seaboard. The Category 1 storm spread its destruction far and wide for a period of ten...

2022年6月20日 · This week marks the 50th anniversary of the historic, deadly flooding spawned by Hurricane Agnes and its remnants in June 1972 across the eastern U.S., including the hardest-hit states of Pennsylvania and New York. Agnes was one of the largest June hurricanes to ever roam the Atlantic Basin.

Hurricane Agnes - June 14-25, 1972 Agnes was one of the largest June hurricanes on record. Banded convection was first noted in the northwest Caribbean Sea on June 11. A polar front dropped into region from the northwest. As the front approached, a depression formed over the Yucatan on the 14th and moved eastward into the northwest Caribbean Sea.

2024年6月20日 · (WHTM) — It was the most costly natural disaster in American history, and it hit Pennsylvania the hardest. The story of Agnes begins on June 11, 1972, when ripples in the atmosphere appear in the...