Hurricane Irene was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the record-breaking season. After almost dissipating on August 10, Irene peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on August 16.
About Hurricane Irene (2005) in brief
Hurricane Irene was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of the record-breaking season. After almost dissipating on August 10, Irene peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on August 16. Irene lasted for 14 days as a tropical system, the longest duration of any storm of the 2005 season. Despite Irene’s long life there were no reports of tropical storm force winds affecting ships. There was no damage as a result of Irene, but swells up to 8 ft and strong rip currents resulted in one fatality in Long Beach, New York.
A 16-year-old boy drowned after being caught in a rip current near Long Beach on August 14. When Tropical Storm Irene formed on August 7, it was the earliest date for the formation of a tropical storm in the Atlantic basin at the time, beating the previous record of 13 days by a storm in 1936. The storm was absorbed by an extratropical cyclone while situated southeast of Newfoundland on August 18.
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