Record #:

17036

Author(s):

Graff, Michael

Abstract:

Graff describes Hurricane Hazel, one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike North Carolina. It came ashore October 15, 1954, on the North Carolina/South Carolina line with wind speed of 150 MPH. In the state nineteen people were killed and two hundred were injured. Damage was in the millions.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 3, Aug 2012, p46-52, 54, 56-61, il, map

Subject(s):

Hurricane Hazel, 1954