Weather Channel Report: Atlantic City Overdue For Hurricane
Will a hurricane hit AC this year?
The Weather Channel has released a report on five cities that have been spared from recent hurricane activity but are vulnerable areas that are overdue. Atlantic City is number five on the list.
According to the report, a Category 1 hurricane made landfall near Atlantic City in 1903. That was the last time the center of a hurricane crossed the coast of New Jersey. The center of a hurricane does not have to cross the coast to have significant impacts, however.
The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 caused severe to numerous homes, piers, and boardwalks along the coast, and nine lives were lost in the state.
Hurricane Gloria in 1985 was headed right for us, as 95,000 people were evacuated from Absecon Island, while the then eleven casinos were closed. Expected to become the first hurricane to hit the New Jersey coastline since the hurricane in 1903, a last minute turn spared the state.
According to an estimate by meteorologist George Prouflis, the chances for a direct hit by a hurricane on the Jersey shore each year is 1 in 200.
