For interactive maps of Hurricanes Carol and Edna look at the NOAA workplace for Coastal Management.
Hurricane Hazel 1954 Hazel was initially spotted eastern regarding the Windward isles on October 5. It relocated through the hawaiian islands later that time as a hurricane, then it relocated westward on the Caribbean that is southern Sea October 8. a sluggish check out the north-northeast happened from October 9-12, with Hazel crossing western Haiti being a hurricane from the 12th. The hurricane switched northward and crossed the southeastern Bahamas from the 13th, followed closely by a turn that is northwestward the 14th. Hazel switched north and accelerated on October 15, making landfall as being a Category 4 hurricane close to the North Carolina-South Carolina edge. Subsequent quick movement over the second 12 hours took the storm through the coastline over the eastern united states of america into southeastern Canada because it became extratropical.
High winds took place over large portions for the eastern United States. Myrtle Beach, sc reported a wind that is peak of 106 miles per hour, and winds had been believed at 130 to 150 mph over the shore between Myrtle Beach and Cape Fear, vermont. Washington, DC reported 78 mph sustained winds, and top gusts of over 90 mph happened as far northward as inland New York state. A storm surge all the way to 18 ft overwhelmed portions of this new york shore. Heavy rains as much as 11 ins took place as far northward as Toronto, Canada leading to serious flooding.
Hazel ended up being in charge of 95 fatalities and $281 million in harm in america, 100 fatalities and $100 million in harm in Canada, plus a calculated 400 to 1000 fatalities in Haiti.
Hurricanes Connie and Diane 1955 these two hurricanes must together be mentioned. They hit the new york coastline just five times aside, and also the rains from Connie set the stage for the floods that are devastating by Diane. Connie was initially detected as a tropical storm on the tropical Atlantic on August 3. It relocated simply north of western for many times, reaching hurricane power a few hundred kilometers northeast regarding the Leeward Islands in the fifth. After moving north of this Leewards regarding the 6th, Connie switched northwestward - a movement that continued before the tenth. An erratic, generally speaking north-northwestward movement then brought Connie to your new york shore on August 12 as being a Category 3 hurricane. It was followed closely by a gradual northwestward change through August 14, whenever Connie dissipated within the eastern Great Lakes.
Fort Macon, vermont reported 75 mph sustained winds with gusts to 100 miles per hour, while a storm rise as high as 8 ft took place across the shore.
There were no reported deaths while the harm in the usa had been $40 million. But, the most important part of Connie ended up being the rainfall as high as 12 ins that affected the northeastern united states of america. Diane was initially detected within the tropical Atlantic on August 7. Moving generally speaking west-northwestward, the cyclone became a tropical storm on the 9th. Diane became a hurricane on 11, by which time it was moving northwestward august. a northward change happened from the 12th, followed closely by a westward switch on the 13th and a west-northwestward motion from the 14th. This movement brought Diane towards the new york coastline on 17 as a Category 1 hurricane august. The storm switched northward across Virginia, then it switched northeastward and relocated back in the Atlantic near longer Island, nyc on August 19. Diane became extratropical on the North Atlantic in the twenty-first.