What is Hurricane Gloria?
{{Infobox hurricane | Name=Hurricane Gloria | Type= hurricane | Year=1985 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Gloria 1985-09-24 1813Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Gloria near peak intensity to the northeast of [[the Bahamas]] on September&nbsp;24 | alt=A view of Hurricane Gloria from Space on September 25. The intense storm features a small eye and large convective bands. | Formed=September 16, 1985 | Dissipated=October 2, 1985 | Extratropical=September 28 | 1-min winds=125 | Pressure=919 | Damages=900 | Fatalities=14 total | Areas=[[North Carolina]], [[Mid-Atlantic states]], [[Long Island]], [[New England]], [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurricane season=[[1985 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} ==Timeline== '''Hurricane Gloria''' was an [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic]] [[tropical cyclone]] in September 1985. The storm was the first major storm to affect [[Long Island]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] directly since [[Hurricane Donna]] 25 years before. The storm started as a tropical depression on September 16; it became Tropical Storm Gloria on September 17.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tropical Cyclones of 1985|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1985.pdf|accessdate=Feb 1, 2018}}</ref> On September 18, it weakened back to a tropical depression. Two days later, it became a tropical storm again. After being a weak tropical cyclone for several days, on September 22, Gloria became a hurricane. It quickly became stronger on September 24; the next day, its winds peaked at 145&nbsp;mph. A 2008 reanalysis later found the winds had been even stronger.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/10_US_hurricanes.pdf|accessdate=Feb 1, 2018}}</ref> On September 27, the hurricane struck eastern [[North Carolina]] as a Category 2 storm. It then moved up the [[East Coast of the United States]]. Later that day, the storm struck western Long Island, with winds of 85&nbsp;mph. One hour after striking Long Island, it hit near [[Westport, Connecticu