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September 23–24, 1815 – The 1815 New England hurricane struck New England as a major hurricane and delivered an 11-foot-high (3.4 m) storm surge that funneled up Narragansett Bay. The hurricane destroyed some 500 houses and 35 ships and flooded Providence, Rhode Island. It also caused at least 38 deaths throughout New England.
The most recent hurricane hit in New England was under the unassuming name "Bob." On Aug. 19, 1991, Category 1 Hurricane Bob made landfall in Rhode Island with 100-mph winds, which killed 17 ...
Hurricane Irene – A major hurricane that passed through New England in 2011, following its landfall; Hurricane Sandy – A powerful storm that caused significant damage in the Northeastern United States in 2012, mostly as an extratropical cyclone; List of Atlantic hurricanes; List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes; List of Delaware hurricanes
Accounts of the storm are very limited, but it was likely the most intense hurricane to hit New England since European colonization. The storm had a similar track and forward speed to that of the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane and is the first of five known major hurricanes to have struck the modern New England region.
Damage Done in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire From the The Great New England Hurricane, 1938. The Great New England Hurricane. Year: 1938. Death Toll: 682.
New Englanders, bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years, are taking precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the southern New England coast.
The Great September Gale of 1815 was a deadly and fast-moving Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 1815 that became the second of five known major hurricanes to strike New England. [2] At the time, it was the first hurricane to strike the greater area in 180 years. [3]
1938 New England hurricane; 1940 New England hurricane; A. Hurricane Agnes; B. Tropical Storm Barry (2007) Hurricane Belle; Hurricane Bill (2009) Hurricane Bob (1985)