On September 21, 1938 one of the most violent storms to impact New England since colonial times raced ashore near New Haven and spread a deadly combination of wind, rain and storm surge from Long ...

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 Katharine Hepburn’s Connecticut beach house and 8,900 other homes were swept into the sea. Sarah Zielinski. August 25, 2011. Get our newsletter!

Those who survived: SouthCoast survivors recall aftermath of Hurricane of 1938 Fall River, New Bedford and surrounding towns were unprepared. While rains were heavy, the worst damage came from the ...

In 1938, though, the fast-moving hurricane left 564 people dead, another 1,700 residents injured and an estimated 63,000 individuals homeless across the Northeast. Nearly 9,000 homes and buildings ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- This September marks 86 years since the Great New England Hurricane of 1938, which remains a benchmark storm for all future New England tropical systems.

The Hurricane of 1938 raced up the eastern seaboard and without warning slammed into New England 75 years ago, leaving a swath of destruction and death in its wake.

The hurricane was responsible for 564 deaths and at least 1,700 injuries in Southern New England. Damage to the fishing fleets in Southern New England was catastrophic. A total of 2,605 vessels ...

In the aftermath of the Hurricane of 1938, more aspects of the disaster became clear. Drinking water was potentially contaminated. Twenty thousand miles of electric and telephone lines had been ...

NARRAGANSETT – The Hurricane of 1938, with whipping winds and thunderous waves, blew and washed away the top of a lighthouse here, killing Walter B. Eberle, an assistant keeper. His body was ...

What was the Hurricane of 1938? The storm was a Category 5 hurricane that traveled extremely rapidly up the East Coast in September 1938. It eluded the notice of the United States Weather Bureau until ...