Hurricane Gloria

Hurricane Gloria - September 26-28, 1985
Gloria became a tropical depression near the Cape Verde Islands on the 16th. It slowlydeveloped into a tropical storm, and moved west-northward through the tropical Atlanticat near 20 mph. On the 22nd, Gloria finally became a hurricane to the north of the LeewardIslands. Development continued at a faster rate, and Gloria became a category four hurricaneas it moved northwestward to the east of the Bahamas. Gloria assumed a more northward track, and passed over the Outer Banks of North Carolina early on the 27th. Accelerating rapidly, Gloria made a second landfall on the afternoon of the 27th on western Long Island, then fully became a strong nontropical low as it passed into the Canadian Maritimes that evening.

Overall, the storm caused extensive damage along the East Coast of the United States, amounting to $900 million ($1.6 billion in 2005 USD), and was responsible for 8 fatalities. The storm was the first significant system to impact the northeastern United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and the first major storm to affect New York and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960. It was the last storm to hit the northeast until Hurricane Bob in 1991.