Hurricane Irene formed in the Lesser Antilles in August 2011 and traveled up the U.S. East Coast, causing over $16 billion in damages and 51 deaths. The category 3 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and a minimum pressure of 942 mbar. It destroyed homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure across the Caribbean, Bahamas, Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada before dissipating on August 28th after 10 days as a powerful storm.