The 1938 hurricane landfall was near Bellport, NY sometime between 2:10 and 2:40 pm EST as a Category 3 with an approximate pressure of 27.79 in (941 millibars) and 120 mph maximum sustained winds (Landsea et al. All told, 700 people were killed by the hurricane, 600 of them in Long Island and southern New England. This system developed in the far eastern Atlantic, near the Cape Verde Islands on September 4. It destroyed cemeteries, slammed boats into shore, uprooted entire orchards and smashed structures into splinters. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 CAT 3 - September 21, 1938 This system developed in the far eastern Atlantic, near the Cape Verde Islands on September 4. This website provides historical information, meteorology, damage photos, video, and news clippings of this powerful hurricane. As with the flood of 1936, Babu seems not at all flustered and even a bit thrilled at the excitement of the 1938 hurricane. FSU EM Planning & Policy- authorSTREAM Presentation The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 CAT 3 - September 21, 1938 The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to strike Southern New England. on the internet yet, but I … A focus will be on the locations within the National Weather Service New York, NY forecast area. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 at Amazon.com. It literally took residents of Long Island the New England by surprise. The Great New England Hurricane finally dissipated over Canada that night. There was a a recent presentation done on the hurricane earlier this year. The 1938 Hurricane has had a "domino-effect" on coastal erosion. That morning a New York Times editorial entitled "Hurricane" concluded,"Every year an average of three such whirlwinds sweep the tropical North Atlantic between June and November.In 1933, there was an all-time record of twenty. (We beat it out with the tornadoes we had in our area in 2011.) The hurricane was the death knell for many mills and factories that had barely survived the Great Depression. Hurricane of 1938 | The Wind That Shook the World The Hurricane of 1938 was the worst natural disaster in American history, greater than even the Chicago fire or San Francisco earthquake.