Claim: Hurricane "Irene was the second-largest storm to hit North America in terms of power outages -- and the first hurricane to make landfall in New Jersey since 1904."
Fact-check: JCP&L says Hurricane Irene was second largest storm to hit continent in terms of power outages
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2011-09-16T00:00:00