Hurricane Hazel - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane 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 …
Hurricane Hazel, October 15, 1954 - National Weather Service
WEBHurricane Hazel was the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 1954 hurricane season (Figure 1) and is the strongest and only Category 4 hurricane to ever hit the North Carolina coast. The first indication that a tropical cyclone had formed came on October 5, 1954 about 50 miles east of the island of Grenada in the Windward Islands.
Was Hazel North Carolina’s Worst-Case Hurricane?
WEBOct 15, 2019 · Hazel resulted in 19 deaths in North Carolina, many due to drowning, and an inflation-adjusted $957 million in crop and property damage. Because of Hazel’s fast forward speed — just 12 hours after making landfall, it was over southern Canada — rainfall wasn’t widespread across the state.
HAZEL - October 15, 1954 / Remembering the hurricane that …
WEBOct 15, 2007 · Hurricane Hazel slammed ashore with winds of 140 mph or more at the North Carolina-South Carolina state line around 9:30 or 10 a.m. that Friday morning, exactly on the highest lunar tide of the...
Hurricane Hazel destroys parts of NC and Myrtle Beach in 1954 ...
WEBOct 15, 2019 · Hurricane Hazel struck the coast of the state line between North and South Carolina as a Category four storm with wind speeds of 140 mph.
Remembering Hurricane Hazel: 'It was like a bomb went off'
WEBOct 15, 2013 · WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Hurricane Hazel was the strongest land-falling hurricane to hit the Wilmington area in recorded history. Imagine gusts to 150 mph, and 30 ft waves battering the coast. The highest winds, lowest pressure, and most destructive storm surge in the area's violent hurricane history are all attributed to Hazel.
Hurricane Hazel 60th Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBThe hurricane turned northward and crossed the southeastern Bahamas on the 13th, followed by a northwestward turn on the 14th. Hazel turned north and accelerated on October 15, making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
HURRICANE HAZEL: Fast and Furious - Coastwatch
WEBAug 26, 2014 · Stories of death, destruction and survival emerged from a storm that took many in Hazel’s path off guard. Hurricane Hazel made landfall on that fateful morning at the peak of the highest lunar tide as a Category 4 hurricane near Calabash, at the North and South Carolina line.
Hurricane Hazel 60th Anniversary Stories - National Weather Service
WEBIf you were affected by Hurricane Hazel when it struck in 1954, or have a story of anyone else that was, we invite you to share your memories of the storm and its aftermath. This historic hurricane had an extensive and overwhelming impact on life and property, as the strongest Category 4 hurricane to ever hit the North Carolina coast.
October 1954: Hurricane Hazel – NC Miscellany - University of …
WEBOct 1, 2004 · On the morning of October 15, 1954, Hazel slammed into the coast near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, a strong category four storm packing winds of 155 miles per hour.