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An exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Hurricane Carol." The exhibition will be running through March at the Westport Free Public Library, and the photos are enriched by the stories and ...
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 ...
October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel moves ashore near the South Carolina/North Carolina border as a Category 4 hurricane, [8] destroying 15,000 buildings and damaging 39,000 more. Damage is greatest in Brunswick County, where great coastal damage occurs due to a powerful storm tide. Considered the most destructive hurricane to affect the state ...
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.
Carol's highest storm surge and winds were mostly east of Long Island. An unnamed hurricane of 1938 hit farther west on Sept. 21, causing immense damage on Long Island and coastal New England.
The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. ... Scott Olson / Getty Images. ... 1933"Labor Day" - 1935 "New England" - 1938 ...
Carol struck Connecticut as a hurricane and left widespread heavy damage. [6] Only ten days later, Edna became the costliest hurricane in Maine's history. [7] The third major hurricane, Hazel, was the strongest hurricane of the season, attaining winds of 150 mph (240 km/h). [6] Unusually, no tropical cyclones affected Florida. [3]