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In the 1850 Atlantic hurricane season, three significant tropical cyclones affected land. Records of
other storms are incomplete, since the Atlantic hurricane databasegoes back only to 1851. The first
system struck North Carolina in July, causing significant damage before battering the Mid-Atlantic
states. Rivers were flooded fromBaltimore to northern New England, and 20 people were killed
along the Schuylkill River. In August, a strong hurricane hit Havana, Cuba, before making landfall
on theFlorida Panhandle with an enormous storm surge. Coastal flooding was severe
around Apalachicola. Abundant precipitation fell from Georgia through Virginia; one river swelled
more than 20 feet (6 m) above its normal height. The storm toppled a railroad bridge near Halifax,
North Carolina. Offshore, a pilot boat collided with a larger ship in the rough seas and sank.
Considered the worst storm in nearly 30 years in thetidewater region of Virginia, the cyclone briefly
reentered the Atlantic off New Jersey before making landfall over New England, with strong winds
and moderate to heavy rains. In September, a hurricane brushed the coastline from New York
to Cape Codwith gusty winds and appreciable rainfall, and later struck Atlantic Canada.
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There are 26 named tributaries of Catawissa Creek (pictured), a 41.8-mile (67.3 km) long creek flowing into the Susquehan
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