Flooded streets blocked transport of sandbags to dikes on the Connecticut River. The New England Hurricane of 1938 traveled 600 miles in 12 hours, surprising southern New England and causing widespread destruction. In: The New England Hurricane, Federal Writers' Project of WPA, 1938.

Image ID: wea02419, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Photo Date: 1938 September 22
Photographer: Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS


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