Hurricane Edna was a Category 3 hurricane that moved along the east coast before striking the New England region of the United States in mid-September 1954.
Edna formed off of Barbados on September 2. Moving northwestward and slowly strengthening, Edna followed the shape of the Caribbean islands, never moving more than 100 miles away from land. Edna reached hurricane strength on September 7, reaching Category 3 strength by the time it took aim at...
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Hurricane Edna was a Category 3 hurricane that moved along the east coast before striking the New England region of the United States in mid-September 1954.
Edna formed off of Barbados on September 2. Moving northwestward and slowly strengthening, Edna followed the shape of the Caribbean islands, never moving more than 100 miles away from land. Edna reached hurricane strength on September 7, reaching Category 3 strength by the time it took aim at North Carolina's Outer Banks on September 10. Edna raked the Outer Banks, which had already been devastated by Hurricane Carol less than a month earlier. Fortunately, Edna's strongest winds were too far offshore to affect the battered area. The hurricane weakened slightly as it moved north over cooler waters. Before striking New England, its eye actually split into two different ones, up to 60 miles apart. It then moved over Cape Cod before finally making landfall near Eastport, Maine on September 11, with sustained winds of around 92 mph....
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