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Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second-costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before it struck the United States near the border between North and South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane .
Track Map of Hurricane Hazel, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1954. Hurricane Hazel. Year: 1954. Death Toll: 95 (in the U.S.) Financial Impact: $382 million (1954 dollars), equivalent to ~$3.8 billion today.
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] The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 111, [8] which is categorized as being "above normal". [9]
The effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada included 81 deaths and C$137,552,400 ($1,581,876,233.63 in 2023) in damages. Hazel, the deadliest and costliest storm of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season, reached Toronto, Ontario by the evening of October 15, 1954. It peaked as a category 4 storm, but by the time it had reached Canada, it was an ...
Considered the most destructive hurricane to affect the state at the time, the hurricane causes an estimated damage total of $136 million (1954 USD, $1.09 billion 2008 USD). Hurricane Hazel injures 200 and kills 19 people in the state. [9] August 12, 1955 – Hurricane Connie strikes the Outer Banks and produces severe beach erosion. [10]
As Hurricane Florence looms off the eastern coast of the U.S., it is drawing comparisons to 1954’s Hurricane Hazel, one of the deadliest and costliest storms to hit the southeastern U.S. that ...
Hurricane Milton is currently a Category 4 storm and follows Hurricane Helene and long history of other storms that have caused life ... Hazel - 1954, 95. Irma - 2017, 92. Ik e - 2008, 85. Id a ...
October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel crosses the state, producing hurricane-force winds. [3] In addition to wind damage, flooding was severe along the Chesapeake Bay, while flash flooding was reported inland. [6] Overall, six deaths and about $11 million in damage were reported. [7]