1938 A wave from a hurricane strikes a seawall in New...

1938
A wave from a hurricane strikes a seawall in New...:

1938

A wave from a hurricane strikes a seawall in New England.

Over a four-day period, the 1938 storm nicknamed “The Long Island Express” dropped an average of 11 inches of rain over a 10,000-square-mile area. Flooding inflicted major damage through Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont, causing more than $300 million in losses. In all, 600 people died. Ten of those deaths were in New York City.

(via Live Science)