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Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in the United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward. On August 27, Carol intensified to reach winds of 105 mph (169 km/h), but weakened as ...
Hurricane Carol was the strongest storm of the 1953 Atlantic hurricane season and the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic basin since the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane. Carol was also the first named storm to attain Category 5 status. Carol developed on August 28 off the west coast of Africa, although the Weather Bureau did not initiate ...
August 31, 1954 – Hurricane Carol made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, in eastern Connecticut, southern Rhode Island, and south-coastal Massachusetts in the Buzzards Bay area, west of Cape Cod. Wind gusts of 135 mph (217 km/h) at Block Island, Rhode Island , and 115- mph at TF Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island were reported.
"Hurricane! An exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Hurricane Carol," put together by the Westport Historical Society, will be on display at the Westport Free Public Library from Feb. 3 to ...
Storm surge from Hurricane Carol inundates the Edgewood Yacht Club in Rhode Island. Between 1954 and 1959, eight names were deemed significant enough to be retired for 10 years due to their impact before being permanently retired after 1969. There were no names retired for the 1956, 1958, and 1959 seasons.
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. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh ...
Hurricane Carol; Hurricane Cindy (1959) D. Hurricane Donna; E. Hurricane Earl (2010) Hurricane Edna; F. ... Category: Hurricanes in Rhode Island. 6 languages ...
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