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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Oct 15, 2024, 06:51 AM Oct 15

On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. [View all]

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I was around for Hurricane Hazel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

• 1954 – Hurricane Hazel (flooding pictured) made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.


Hurricane Hazel flooding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_15

• 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

Sun Oct 15, 2023: On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas.

Sat Oct 15, 2022: On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas.
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