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The 1940 South Carolina hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane that struck the Georgia and South Carolina coast between August 11 and 12, 1940. After forming north of the Leeward Islands , the storm moved west-northwest, moving east of the Bahamas before resuming a west-northwest track towards the Southeastern United States .
October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel made landfall near the North Carolina and South Carolina border as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h), causing major damage. Tides of 10–11 ft (3.0–3.4 m) were reported along the coastline, destroying hundreds of buildings.
[nb 3] The 1940 South Carolina hurricane, which swept through areas of the Southeastern United States in August, was the most damaging and deadly of the tropical cyclones. The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 68 units, [4] below the 1931–1943 average of 91.2. [5]
1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1827 North Carolina hurricane; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane; 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane; 1898 Georgia hurricane; 1910 Cuba hurricane; 1916 Charleston hurricane; 1940 South Carolina hurricane; 1941 Florida hurricane; 1982 Florida subtropical storm ...
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The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
[15]: 72 [16] The hurricane inflicted about $1 million in crop damage and $450,000 in property damage in North Carolina, with wind-related impacts accounting for most of the damage toll. [16] More than 600 buildings were damaged in the central and northern coastal areas of the state, of which 108 were destroyed. [ 17 ]
The women were hit in an intersection with a non-working stoplight damaged in the storm, the deadliest for the state since Hurricane Hugo in 1989 South Carolina hurricane-related deaths rise to 39 ...