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New Hampshire. Similar to the rest of New England, Sandy produced widespread gusty winds across New Hampshire, with most areas reporting winds of 40 to 70 mph (64 to 113 km/h). [ 40] The highest gust measured in state and the country was 140 mph (230 km/h) on Mount Washington. [ 41] These winds caused widespread damage to trees and power lines ...
Storm surge damage along the Rhode Island ocean front was severe, with many homes and buildings swept away. Damage in the Buzzards Bay region rivaled that of the 1938 hurricane. In Groton Long Point, CT, 90% of the homes were damaged or destroyed. A barometric pressure of 956 mb (28.26 in) in Groton, Connecticut where the eye crossed the coastline.
Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in the United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward. On August 27, Carol intensified to reach winds of 105 mph (169 km/h), but weakened as ...
August 18, 2023: An EF-1 occurred on Bass Road and Route 14 in Scotland at 7:53am, one of five tornadoes that day in CT, MA, and RI. The storm had a 2.7 mile path with winds to 100mph. While there wasn't much in the way of structural damage observed, other than gutter damage to two homes, there was significant tree damage.
Get the Greenwich, CT local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Parts Florida are forecast to face tropical storm or hurricane conditions this weekend as a tropical cyclone ...
Track of Hurricane Irene. Since the 1600s, Connecticut has been affected by 73 tropical cyclones, few of which have made landfall in the state. Of these storms, the 1938 New England hurricane is regarded as the single-most destructive natural disaster in Connecticut history, causing considerable loss of life and widespread damage.
Deaths. 87. Property damage. $200 million in 1955 US dollars. The Flood of 1955 was one of the worst floods in Connecticut's history. Two back-to-back hurricanes saturated the land and several river valleys in the state, causing severe flooding in August 1955. The rivers most affected were the Mad River and Still River in Winsted, the Naugatuck ...
The governor of Connecticut declared a state of emergency after historic flooding left two dead and prompted hundreds of evacuations over the weekend, he said in a Monday news conference.