The Eye of the Storm:
A Journey into the Natural Disasters in Connecticut

The Hurricane of 1944

The Great Atlantic Hurricane of September 15, 1944 swept up the east coast and over southeastern New England, killing twenty-six people and resulting in over $100 million of damage.

< Red Cross Headquarters in the Southern New England Telephone Company building in Norwich during the food shortage that followed the Hurricane of 1944.

Lyme
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< Cleanup in Lyme after the 1944 Hurricane.

Link to other essays in this Journey:

>> Introduction: The Eye of the Storm
>> The Blizzard of 1888
>> The Flood of 1936
>> The Hurricane of 1938
>> The Floods of 1955

>> Guideposts
>> Suggestions for further reading