The 1944 Atlantic hurricane season featured the first instance of upper-tropospheric observations from radiosonde – a telemetry device used to record weather data in the atmosphere – being incorporate
Hurricane One analysis 17 Jul 1944 18z
Tropical Storm Two analysis 1944
Hurricane Three surface analysis 1944
Tropical Storm Five surface analysis 1944
The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane was a destructive and powerful tropical cyclone that swept across a large portion of the United States East Coast in September 1944. New England was most affected, th
1944 Atlantic hurricane season
…tropical storms, but later analysis uncovered evidence of three previously unclassified tropical storms. The strongest storm of the season was the Great Atlantic hurricane, which struck Long Island and New England and later Atlantic Canada after becoming extratropical, causing about $100 million (1944 USD) in damage across…
Aerial view of the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Norfolk, Virginia in January 1944. Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area were among the hardest-hit areas in Virginia.
Swimming pool at Belvedere
Damage to the boardwalk
Remains of the steamship pier