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Coastal Flood — Coastal Cumberland, Maine

January 13, 2024 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$20.0M
Area
Coastal Cumberland

Event narrative (NOAA)

The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tide remaining above flood stage for two hours and 38 minutes, however, similar to the storm earlier in the week, localized flooding occurred throughout the day in low lying communities. The temporary new tide gauge at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) in Portland reached 14.6 feet (MLLW). ||The storm created significant damage to waterfront areas of Cumberland County due to both inundation flooding and over wash from large coastal swells that overtopped dunes and seawalls. Homes and seawalls were heavily damaged

Other notable coastal flood events in Maine

Coastal York · January 13, 2024$30.0MCoastal York · April 16, 2007$15.0MCoastal York · December 23, 2022$15.0MSagadahoc · January 13, 2024$15.0MCoastal York · January 10, 2024$15.0MCoastal Cumberland · December 23, 2022$10.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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