New Hampshire Environment & Hazard Risk

In the Portsmouth region at the Seavey Island gauge, the tide reached 13.17 feet MLLW at 1212 pm. The storm surge was recorded at 3.33 feet. The Hampton, New Hampshire gage topped out at 14.20 feet MLLW with a storm surge of 4.20 feet. The water level at the Seavey Island and Hampton Tide gages were the highest ever recorded for their period of record. ||In Hampton, New Hampshire, flooding occurred off Ashworth Ave and Island Path. Winnacunnet Road was closed in Hampton as well as Route 101 along the Beach. Water reached a depth of up to three feet in places with water rescues required of residents. Business restaurants were flooded up to two feet deep along Route One in Portsmouth near the Sagamore Creek and Prescott Park as well as the Gardner Street area. Prescott Park was flooded one to two feet in the town. A home on Glade Path was surrounded by water in Hampton along with Brown and Highland Avenue. Great Island Common was closed in New Castle as well as the New Castle Common due to coastal flooding. Squmamscott Road was closed due to coastal flooding in the Newfield area of the Great Bay Estuary. In Seabrook, New Hampshire Route 286 was closed due to flooding. U.S....

A man and woman from Massachusetts died and 6 others had to be rescued when a strong rip current developed along the beach in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Both victims were administered CPR at the scene and taken to a nearby hospital. The 49-year-old man was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. His 47-year-old wife died the following day.

An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). In the Portsmouth region at the relatively new Seavey Island gauge, the tide reached 12.46 feet (MLLW) at 9:36 am. The storm surge was recorded at 3.17 feet. The Hampton tide gage amazingly remained above flood stage for over four hours (from 805 am to 1215 pm), topping out at 13.56 feet (MLLW) with a storm surge of 4.16 feet near the time of high tide. This tide gage didn't have a long period record but the water level was the highest recorded since the install in 2012. Storm to hurricane force southeasterly winds occurred along the coast with nearshore waves of 15 to 20 feet. Major flooding was recorded from Seabrook to Rye with numerous roads closed due to flooding including Rt 1A. Over wash with debris and erosion was reported along the seashore due to large waves overtopping coastal infrastructure. Major inundation of homes, especially in the back bay area of Hampton Beach was observed with hundreds of homes being cut-off and surrounded by water at the...

High surf and rip currents impacted the New Hampshire Seacoast all weekend long as Hurricane Erin passed well off to the east with multiple rescues being recorded. A farther and son were caught in a rip current on the evening of August 24th at Hampton Beach. There were no lifeguards on duty at the time. Emergency personal were able to rescue them from the water, but were not able to resuscitate the son.

Tropical Storm Isaias brought the greatest impacts to the state of New Hampshire in Carroll County. Numerous snapped and uprooted trees along with broken branches caused downed power lines throughout the county. Carroll County was the hardest hit for outages with 30% of customers losing power, the majority of power was restored within 24 hours. An enhanced region of tree damage, with estimated wind speeds of 70 mph, occurred in North Conway causing 100s of trees to fall. One large Eastern White Pine tree fell on a house, killing one person. Additional enhanced tree damage was reported in Bartlett. No flooding was reported.

State police reported that a tree fell on a vehicle while traveling on State Rte. 11 in Sunapee New Hampshire. The collision caused a single fatality of the vehicle driver.