1. Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Category 1: Minimal Central Pressure: Greater than 980 millibars (mb) Wind: 74-95 miles per hour (mph) Storm Surge: 4-5 feet (ft) Damage: Damage mainly to trees, shrubbery, and unanchored mobile homes Category 2: Moderate Central Pressure: 965-979 mb Wind: 96-110 mph Storm Surge: 6-8 ft Damage: Some trees blown down; major damage to exposed mobile homes; some damage to roofs of buildings

2. Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Category 3: Extensive Central Pressure: 945-964 mb Wind: 111-130 mph Storm Surge: 9-12 ft Damage: Foliage removed from trees; large trees blown down; mobile homes destroyed; some structural damage to small buildings Category 4: Extreme Central Pressure: 920-944 mb Wind: 131-155 mph Storm Surge: 13-18 mph Damage: All signs blown down; extensive damage to roofs, windows, and doors; complete destruction of mobile homes; flooding inland as far as 6 miles; major damage to lower floors of structures near shore

3. Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Category 5: Catastrophic Central Pressure: Less than 920 mb Wind: Greater than 155 mph Storm Surge: Greater than 18 ft Damage: Severe damage to windows and doors; extensive damage to roofs of homes and industrial buildings; small buildings overturned and blown away; major damage to lower floors of all structures less than 15 feet above sea level within 500 yards of shore

4. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (September 16 – 17, 1903) Hurricane made landfall near Atlantic City.

5. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (Great New England Hurricane of 1938, September 21, 1938) 186 mile per hour gust at Blue Hill, Massachusetts. The worst hurricane to strike the Northeast U.S. in recorded history.

6. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (September 14 - 15, 1944) Atlantic City measured a wind gust of 100 mph. NYC measured a wind gust of 97 mph.

7. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (Hurricane Hazel, October 15, 1954) Winds gusted to 94 mph from the south in PHL. Sustained winds of 73 mph.

8. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (“Connie”, August 12 -13, 1955)

9. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (Hurricane Gloria, September 1985)

10. Hurricane Gloria, September 1985

11. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (Hurricane Floyd, September 16, 1999) Major flooding across the Delaware Valley with many local rivers going well over flood stage.

12. Hurricane or Tropical Storm (Hurricane Isabel, September 2003)