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    The 1938 New England Hurricane (also referred to as the Great New England Hurricane and the Long Island Express Hurricane) was one of the deadliest and...
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    A New England hurricane is a tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic Ocean that affects the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont...
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    these storms was the 1938 New England hurricane, which struck Long Island as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. Killing more than...
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    scale) to strike New England since 1635. At the time it struck, the Great September Gale was the first hurricane to strike New England in 180 years. After...
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  • New England hurricane may refer to: 1815 New England hurricane 1938 New England hurricane 1940 New England hurricane List of New England hurricanes This...
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    in 1988. The lighthouse keeper's house was swept away in the 1938 New England hurricane, and five people were washed out to sea and drowned: the keeper's...
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    England. The 1938 New England hurricane and Hurricane Carol in 1954 were especially devastating storms which made landfall in Southern New England. Other tropical...
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    States portal New Jersey portal 1938 New England hurricane 1991 Perfect Storm Hurricane Irene (2011) Tropical Storm Fay (2020) Hurricane Ida (2021) Other...
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    chimneys were damaged by storms in its early years, and again in the 1938 New England Hurricane. The house was used in the 19th century as a tavern. It was built...
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    Coastal hurricane 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane 1938 New England hurricane Hurricane Carol (1954) Hurricane Connie (1955) Hurricane Diane (1955)...
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    those during the 1938 New England Hurricane, breaching multiple dams and inundating adjacent towns and roads. Throughout New England, 206 dams were damaged...
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    caused 13 deaths, the blizzard of 1978 killed 99 people, and the 1938 New England hurricane killed 564 people. From Massachusetts to Maine, thousands of people...
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  • The Hurricane That Transformed New England is a 2016 book by Stephen Long that is an account of the 1938 New England hurricane and its impact on New England...
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  • 1938: A Social and Meteorological History of the Great New England Hurricane (2012) Long, Stephen (September 7, 2011). "Remembering the hurricane of...
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    separated the island from the town of Winthrop, was filled in by the 1938 New England hurricane. Today, Deer Island is the location of the Deer Island Waste Water...
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    many fewer deaths than the total of 488 fatalities during the 1938 New England hurricane, which affected the same area with similar strength. However,...
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    pilgrim Edward Fuller, the House of Stuart, and Robert Burns. The 1938 New England hurricane and associated storm surge caused significant damage to the hillside...
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    was founded in 1940 by the New London City Council in the aftermath of the 1938 New England Hurricane. After the hurricane left the Ocean Beach property...
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    names are the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (also known as the "San Felipe II" hurricane) and the 1938 New England hurricane. The system currently in place...
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    The 1938 Atlantic hurricane season produced fifteen tropical cyclones, of which nine strengthened into tropical storms. Four storms intensified into hurricanes...
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  • Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Hibblen, Michael (May 17, 2011). "New owner ponders future for former Dogpatch USA". KUAR. Archived from the original...
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    the new town was paying homage to Dedham, which includes the Avery Oak on its seal. The tree was toppled in the 1938 New England hurricane, but a new oak...
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    neighboring Southampton, was created in the 1938 New England hurricane when the forces of the hurricane washed over that area of barrier beach, connecting...
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  • well as the name's suggestion of "highest point or peak." The 1938 New England hurricane destroyed Apex buildings in Providence, Rhode Island, and A. Pilavin...
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  • the Connecticut. List of weather records Hurricane Sandy 2011 Halloween nor'easter 1938 New England hurricane Great Blizzard of 1888 Juliano, Frank (26...
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    The 1804 Snow hurricane unusually blanketed parts of Canada with snow after striking New England. August 23, 1863: A Category 1 hurricane hit Nova Scotia...
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  • Shinnecock Inlet (category Southampton (town), New York)
    formed by the 1938 New England hurricane, which killed several people when it permanently broke through the island in Hampton Bays, New York. The name...
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    blowdown measured for East Coast storms, including hurricanes; even the often-cited 1938 New England hurricane, which toppled 2.65 billion board feet (6,300...
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    weeks, hurricanes Carol and Edna followed similar paths before both striking New England as major hurricanes. The latter became the costliest hurricane in...
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    businesses that once stood on the island were destroyed by the 1938 New England hurricane and Hurricane Carol. As of 2018, the only business in operation on the...
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