Irene proved Coming_to_believe to be a difficult storm Catastrophe to forecast due to oscillations Motion in strength Cause_change_of_strength .

After almost dissipating Dispersal on August 10 , Irene peaked Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe on August 16 .

Irene persisted for 14 days as a tropical system , the longest duration of any storm Catastrophe of the 2005 season .

The Abbasid prince sent Sending for a truce and detained Arrest the high-ranking Byzantine envoys , who included Cause_to_be_included Empress Irene 's chief minister , Staurakios .

This forced Causation Irene to agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a three-year truce and pay Commerce_pay a heavy annual tribute .

Irene then focused Aiming her attention to the Balkans , but warfare Hostile_encounter with the Arabs resumed Process_start in 786 , until mounting Arab pressure led to Causation another truce in 798 , on terms similar to those of 782 .

Hurricane Catastrophe Irene was a hurricane Catastrophe that produced Manufacturing somewhat heavy damage Damaging across southern Florida in October 1999 .

The ninth tropical storm Catastrophe and the sixth hurricane Catastrophe of the season , Irene developed Coming_to_be in the western Caribbean Sea on October 13 from a tropical wave .

Irene struck Attack Florida as a Category1 hurricane Catastrophe , moved Motion across the state Statement , and tracked Self_motion northward over the Gulf Stream .

Irene turned Becoming eastward , and rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength to reach Arriving Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe status before becoming Becoming extratropical due Causation to cooler waters .

Irene was a wet Florida hurricane Catastrophe in October , similar to many hurricanes of the 1930s and 1940s .

Despite being only a Category1 hurricane Catastrophe , Irene caused Causation eight indirect deaths Death and $ 800 million ( 1999 USD ) in damage Damaging across Florida .

In North Carolina and Virginia , Irene produced Manufacturing over 10 inches ( 255 mm ) of rain , adding Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale more flooding Motion after previous Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd .

The third was the 1893 New York hurricane Catastrophe , and the fourth was Hurricane Catastrophe Irene in 2011 .

The storm Catastrophe arrived Arriving just two months after Hurricane Catastrophe Irene caused Causation extensive power outages Damaging and property damage Damaging in the Northeast ; with the 2011 New England tornado outbreak also causing Causation damage Damaging in Western Massachusetts .

Delays Change_event_time in restoring Recovering power led to Causation the resignation Change_of_leadership of the chief operating Being_in_operation officer of Connecticut Light & Power amid widespread criticism of the company 's mishandling of both the nor'easter and Irene .