Hurricane Agnes 1972

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Hurricane Agnes 1972 was a devastating Atlantic hurricane that caused catastrophic flooding and widespread damage across the eastern United States, particularly in June 1972.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Hurricane Agnes 1972 (Hurricane Agnes 1972 was a devastating Atlantic hurricane that caused catastrophic flooding and widespread damage across the eastern United States, particularly in June 1972.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Agnes 1
Hurricane Agnes (1972) 1
Hurricane Agnes 1972 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 1 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
retired Atlantic hurricane name ⓘ
affectedArea Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Connecticut ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia (U.S. state) ⓘ
linked to: Georgia

Maryland ⓘ
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to: New York

North Carolina ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
agencyTrackedBy National Hurricane Center ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
caused catastrophic flooding in the eastern United States ⓘ
dam failures and levee overtopping ⓘ
heavy rainfall over the Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
record flooding in New York ⓘ
record flooding in Pennsylvania ⓘ
severe inland flooding ⓘ
storm surge along the Gulf Coast of Florida ⓘ
widespread river flooding ⓘ
classification Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable ⓘ
countryAffected Canada ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
countryMostAffected United States ⓘ
currencyOfDamageCost United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
damageCost about 2.1 billion USD (1972) ⓘ
over 10 billion USD (inflation-adjusted) ⓘ
over 3 billion USD (1972, including indirect losses) ⓘ
dissipatedOn 1972-07-06 ⓘ
entered Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
extratropicalRemnantsAffected New England ⓘ
eastern Canada ⓘ
floodRecord record crest of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg ⓘ
record crest of the Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre ⓘ
formedOn 1972-06-14 ⓘ
impactedCity Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo

Elmira, New York ⓘ
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ⓘ
impactedRiver Allegheny River ⓘ
Genesee River ⓘ
Juniata River ⓘ
Monongahela River ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Susquehanna River ⓘ
ledTo changes in flood insurance and disaster relief programs in the United States ⓘ
major improvements in U.S. flood control policies ⓘ
madeLandfallIn Florida ⓘ
New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Panhandle of Florida ⓘ
linked to: Florida Panhandle
maximumSustainedWinds 120 km/h ⓘ
75 mph ⓘ
meteorologicalOrigin tropical disturbance in the Yucatán Peninsula region ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure 977 hPa ⓘ
namedAfter Agnes ⓘ
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list ⓘ
nameRetiredIn 1973 ⓘ
notableFor being the costliest U.S. hurricane on record at the time ⓘ
extreme inland flooding rather than wind damage ⓘ
historic flooding in the Potomac River basin ⓘ
historic flooding in the Susquehanna River basin ⓘ
partOf 1972 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
rainfallPeak over 12 inches in parts of New York ⓘ
over 19 inches in parts of Pennsylvania ⓘ
reachedHurricaneStatusOn 1972-06-18 ⓘ
reachedTropicalStormStatusOn 1972-06-16 ⓘ
replacedBy Hurricane name Allison (for future seasons) ⓘ
season June 1972 ⓘ
totalFatalities approximately 128 ⓘ
over 120 people ⓘ
track Caribbean Sea to Gulf of Mexico to U.S. East Coast ⓘ
transitionedTo extratropical cyclone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Central Railway → affectedBy → Hurricane Agnes 1972 ⓘ
Susquehanna River → associatedWith → Hurricane Agnes flooding of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Agnes 1972
Erie Lackawanna Railway → affectedBy → Hurricane Agnes ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Agnes 1972
Agnes (Atlantic hurricane name) → notableUsage → Hurricane Agnes (1972) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Agnes 1972