THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS

SEPTEMBER 21, 1938 HURRICANE
NEW ENGLAND'S PERIL GROWS(PART 1)
NEW ENGLAND'S PERIL GROWS(PART 2) 
NEW ENGLAND'S PERIL GROWS(PART 3)
SCORES LOST ON LONG ISLAND(PART 1)
SCORES LOST ON LONG ISLAND(PART 2)
SCORES LOST ON LONG ISLAND(PART 3).
STORM DAMAGE TOWN BY TOWN(PART 1)
STORM DAMAGE TOWN BY TOWN(PART 2)
STORM DAMAGE TOWN BY TOWN(PART 3)
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THE GREAT HURRICANE OF 1938,THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS
1938 Hurricane - September 21, 1938.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE-THE HURRICANE OF 38...This SITE HAS HOME VIDEO FROM THE HURRICANE!!!!!!
THE GREAT HURRICANE IN NEW ENGLAND,SEPT.21,1938
New England Hurricane of 1938
A FLOOD RESCUE IN N.ELMSFORD,WESTCHESTER
STORM WRECKED HUNDREDS OF COAST HOMES
FIRE JOINS FORCES WITH WATER,WIND
ROOF RIPPED,MANHATTAN
WHEN BRIDGE COLLAPSED,WESTHAMPTON
NEW LONDON,AIR VIEW OF WATER FRONT
HOMES BLOWN AWAY IN STORM,WESTHAMPTON
WHAT GALE LEFT ON BRONX LAWN
BILTMORE HOTEL
A HOUSE IN WESTHAMPTON, L.I.
A CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE,MASS
WASHOUT,WESTHAMPTON BEACH
A GRIM SEARCH,WESTHAMPTON,L.I.
STORM STRICKEN REGIONS
BOATS TOSSED UP,PORT WASHINGTON,L.I
WEST HAMPTON,L.I
THERE WERE HOMES HERE,WESTHAMPTON,L.I.
CAR OFF BRIDGE,WESTHAMTON,L.I
WESTHAMPTON DERAILMENT,WESTHAMTON,L.I.
A HOME CUT IN HALF,WESTHAMPTON,L.I.
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Formed September 10, 1938
Dissipated September 22, 1938
Highest winds 160 mph (260 km/h) sustained
Lowest pressure ≤938 mbar (hPa)[32]
Damages $6.0 billion (2004 USD)
Fatalities 500-700 direct
Areas affected Bahamas, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, southern Quebec

The New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane or Long Island Express or simply "The Great Hurricane of 1938") was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The storm formed near the coast of Africa in September of the 1938 Atlantic hurricane season, becoming a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale before making landfall on Long Island on September 21. The hurricane killed 500-700 people and caused $6.0 billion (2004 US dollars) in damages
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