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The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, [1][2][a] was a disaster that occurred on Wednesday, January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A large storage tank filled with 2.3 million U.S. gallons (8,700 cubic meters) [4] of molasses, weighing approximately [b] 13,000 short tons (12,000 ...
Damage. $65.9 million. Areas affected. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland. In a six-day period from September 8 to September 13, 2023, slow-moving thunderstorms associated with a low-pressure area caused flash flooding across multiple states across the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
Hurricane Bob approaching New England on August 19, 1991. August 19, 1991 – Hurricane Bob made landfall on Block Island, Rhode Island, and Newport, Rhode Island, as a Category 2 hurricane. Winds gusted to Category 3 strength in southeastern Massachusetts. Bob was one of the smallest in area and yet most intense hurricanes to hit southern New ...
Forecasters warned of storm surge and tide leading to coastal and inland flooding in New York and Boston
Storms batter East Coast as Ernesto churns up dangerous surf. Severe thunderstorms and showers across the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast triggered deadly flash flooding in the tristate area where ...
Along with concerns for rising small stream and river levels, minor to moderate coastal flooding is anticipated from near New York City to eastern New England as the nor'easter pushes Atlantic ...
The 2010 Boston water emergency occurred on May 1, 2010, when a water pipe in Weston, Massachusetts, broke and began flooding into the Charles River.This led to unsanitary water conditions in the greater Boston area, which resulted in Governor Deval Patrick declaring a state of emergency and an order for residents to boil drinking water. [1]
Of the earliest in recorded history two stand out: The London beer flood in 1814, and the Dublin whiskey fire in 1875. In St. 40-foot wave of molasses razed Boston community more than a century ago