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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 ...
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 .
Damage was primarily limited to trees and power lines; structural damage was minimal. This storm, along with Hurricane Hazel in 1954, was one of the few hurricanes to cause hurricane-force winds in Canada's interior. October 18, 1939: A Category 2 hurricane became extratropical before striking the island as a Category 1 hurricane.
Hurricane Hazel. Year: 1954. Death Toll: 95 (in the U.S.) Financial Impact: $382 million (1954 dollars), equivalent to ~$3.8 billion today. This Category 4 storm killed at least 469 people in ...
Hurricane Hazel was a powerful hurricane which gained strength in the Caribbean Sea and made landfall near the Carolinas' border in the United States. Defying meteorologists' prediction, the storm quickly travelled north towards Canada, and merged with a cold front around Pennsylvania. Hazel lost its tropical characteristics, but, contrary to ...
In 1954, Hurricane Hazel swept north from the Bahamas, through Virginia and New York State, and slammed into Ontario, dumping more than 11 inches of rain on Canada’s largest city.
The most famous hurricane in Canadian history struck on October 15, 1954, causing catastrophic flooding. Hurricane Hazel submerged low-lying land from Etobicoke to the Holland Marsh and left 81 people dead. No natural disaster since has led to such a high death toll in Canada.
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet 1957: Audrey