The storm caused major flooding and a combination of wind and rain led to considerable crop and structural damage across California. Highest rainfall amount: 11.60 inches at Mt.Fatalities: 48 lives lost at sea an additional 45 killed from inland flooding.Damage in California: Estimated at $34 million (2015 USD).The only known tropical storm to make landfall in California during the 20th century. (Orange County Archives) CALIFORNIA - 1939 Tropical Storm 8-9, 2014)Īn image from the Orange County Archives showing storm damage near Sunset Beach, Sept. That storm holds the record for tropical cyclone related rainfall in the state, with 12.01 inches at Harquahala Mountain. Similarly named Hurricane Nora (1997) also caused heavy rain across portions of Arizona. Countless vehicles were left stranded under feet of water while many roads and bridges were completely destroyed. The remnants of Hurricane Norbert from the Eastern Pacific, enhanced in part by leftover moisture from ex-Tropical Storm Dolly from the Gulf of Mexico, caused major flooding across the state in early September of 2014. A record calendar-day rainfall of 3.30 inches at Phoenix. Rainfall amounts: Up to 6.09 inches near Chandler.Damage in Arizona: In Maricopa and La Paz counties alone, an estimated $18 million (2015 USD).(AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle) ARIZONA - Hurricane Norbert, 2014 8, 2014, after record-setting rainfall caused massive flooding throughout the Valley. and I-10 in the westbound lanes in Phoenix, Monday, Sept. (MORE: 10 Most Intense Atlantic Hurricanes on Record)Ĭars are underwater at 43rd Ave. The only storm that compares to Ivan may be the 1926 hurricane, but since that storm only grazed the coastal and southwestern portion of Alabama, Ivan takes the top slot as the worst hurricane to hit Alabama since 1900. Though Hurricane Ivan caused no deaths in Alabama, it was a ferocious storm in practically every other way as it tore a swath of damage from the state’s Gulf Coast all the way to the Tennessee border. Power outages: More than 489,000 Alabama Power customers lost power during the storm.Inland winds: 66 mph gust near Montgomery five wind-related injuries (three in Decatur two in Talladega County).Highest wind gusts: 115 mph at Gulf Shores Airport 105 mph in Mobile some stations were knocked out.The surge was blamed for the destruction of two five-story buildings. Storm surge: 5 to 10 feet along Alabama's coast, including a damaging 6.9-foot surge in Mobile Bay.Damage in Alabama: Estimated at $3.8 billion (2015 USD).16, 2004, near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 3 hurricane with 120-mph sustained winds. (NOAA GOES) ALABAMA - Hurricane Ivan, 2004 An infrared satellite image of Hurricane Ivan shortly after landfall on Sept.
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