Fact Box : Hurricane Irene

November 4, 2011

Hurricane Irene of 2011 was an Atlantic hurricane that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path through the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada. The ninth named storm, first hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2011 season, Irene formed from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that showed signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.

Formed		August 20, 2011
Dissipated		August 29, 2011
Highest winds (1 minute sustained)		195 km/hr
Lowest pressure		942 mbar (hPa; 27.82 in Hg)
Areas affected		Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, eastern United States (Landfalls in North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York), eastern Canada
Fatalities		54 total
Damage		$ 10.1 bn (in year 2011)