Tropical storm-intensity winds were expected to begin striking the coast at around 8 a.m. Last summer, counties in South Carolina were put in the unenviable position of facing the loss of a revenue stream they have long dedicated to the needs of the public. 1954 September 11th - Hurricane Edna passes just east of the east tip of L.I with 95mph winds.
Many homes were splintered by gusts to 130mph. Long Island is still under a tropical storm warning, according to the National Hurricane Center. 1954 August 31st - Hurricane Carol hits Eastern long island with 95mph winds.
#HURRICANE TRACK LONG ISLAND DRIVERS#
Bands of heavy rain overwhelmed storm drains and drivers plowed through foot-deep water in a few spots in New York City, and Newark and Hoboken, New Jersey. 1944 SSeptember 15th - 85 mph hits Central Long Island from the SSW. Afterwards, it quickly tracked across Long Island and Long Island Sound before making a second and final landfall near New Haven, Connecticut as a slightly weaker hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h), making it one of only three recorded tropical cyclones to hit Connecticut as major hurricanes. The first thunderstorms bringing what could be up to half a foot (15 centimeters) of rain arrived late Saturday, and flash flooding began in some areas overnight. With the center of the storm projected to pass just off the eastern tip of Long Island by midday, hurricane warnings extended from coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island to near the old whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and across the luxurious oceanfront estates of New York’s Hamptons to the summer getaway of Fire Island. Hurricane Henri kept on course early Sunday to crash into a long stretch of northeastern coastline, as millions on New York’s Long Island and in southern New England braced for flooding, toppled trees and extended power outages.
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