atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season resulted million damage season time season officially began june days later named storm developed hurricane alice developed gulf_of_mexico moved inland producing significant precipitation record flooding killed people activity slow late august barbara minimal tropical storm developed july span weeks hurricanes followed similar paths striking new_england major hurricanes hurricane maine history late september tropical storm killed people northern honduras tropical depression early october captured high altitude photograph rocket producing large scale image tropical cyclone strongest deadliest hurricane season killed thousands haiti striking near north_carolina south_carolina border october caused heavy damage united_states extratropical affecting ontario intense rainfall affected toronto severe flooding leaving significant damage season officially ended november hurricane named alice developed december northeast lesser antilles lasted january following year total tropical storms hurricanes major hurricanes season summary storms hurricane season officially began june united_states weather bureau miami florida began hour operations agency direction access weather stations atlantic basin died season stroke tracking hurricane additionally group hurricane_hunters planes standby season able flown storms collect data season named storms unnamed hurricane tropical depression season officially ended november unnamed tropical storm formed day later addition tropical storm alice developed december latest tropical cyclone developed calendar year tropical cyclones left deaths million damage hurricane season time season major hurricanes strike country major hurricanes carol struck new_england occurred despite average new_england hurricanes century carol struck connecticut hurricane left widespread heavy damage days later hurricane maine history major hurricane strongest hurricane season attaining winds mph unusually tropical cyclones affected florida season activity reflected cumulative accumulated cyclone energy ace rating categorized normal ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high aces ace calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding knots mph tropical storm strength storms tropical storm broad trough developed frontal disturbance formed florida trough spawning area broad cyclonic turning emerging western atlantic_ocean closed circulation developed system estimated tropical depression formed east jacksonville florida ship observations region suggested depression intensified tropical storm late system small discovered tropical cyclone data storm moved northeast ahead approaching trough bypassing carolinas east rainfall brushed coast north_carolina ship observations suggested peak winds mph day storm associated warm indicating extratropical southeast new_england continuing northeast storm crossed southeastern coast newfoundland absorbed low northwest tropical storm trough formed southern florida june early day circulation formed signaling tropical depression developed system moved slowly north northeastward emerging western atlantic_ocean utc june shortly depression intensified tropical storm structure broad association nearby upper level low signaling system possibly subtropical cyclone ship reports region indicate storm continued intensify june structure symmetrical passing bringing winds mph wilmington north_carolina day hurricane hunters estimated winds mph possible storm briefly attained hurricane status peak winds estimated mph pressure reading mbar inhg storm accelerated northeastward approaching cold june storm extratropical shortly landfall southwestern nova scotia system dissipated day northern hurricane alice june june tropical storm later hurricane rapidly developed western gulf_of_mexico giving citizens southern texas northeastern mexico little time prepare hurricane alice rapidly intensified strong category storm similar hurricane alex moved ashore northeastern mexico quickly weakened producing minor damage killing person fallen power line june alice dissipated system dropped torrential rainfall southern texas northeastern mexico maximum rainfall officially peaked near texas concentrated area high precipitation occurred areas seen little rains years led significant flooding produced probably greatest rate runoff watershed size united_states reported texas sustained impact estimated million damage downstream rose highest level flooded seven towns border texas flooded water overall deaths tropical storm dissipating cold stalled southeastern united_states arkansas north_carolina july day low pressure area developed coast georgia soon dissipated utc july system developed tropical storm observations coastal lighthouse nearby ship indicated storm attained peak winds mph moving slowly east northeastward offshore carolinas storm began weakening july dissipated day absorbed larger extratropical storm developing north tropical storm barbara july tropical depression developed northern gulf_of_mexico south louisiana map low pressure areas forming july indicated system originated near tracked southward forming depression tracked northwestward intensifying tropical storm barbara early july maximum sustained winds reached mph tanker offshore named henry reported wind gusts mph officials united_states weather_bureau posted storm warning cameron louisiana advised small craft remain port entire northern gulf_coast intensifying barbara landfall near bay louisiana july dissipating day texas storm dropped heavy rainfall path including new_orleans rains caused flooding damage rice crop yearly summary described precipitation far beneficial damaging wind damage hurricane carol carol developed tropical wave near bahamas august quickly intensified tracked generally north hurricane august moving parallel coastline southeastern united_states carol passed east cape_hatteras winds estimated mph intensified accelerated striking eastern long_island category hurricane carol final landfall connecticut late august hours hurricane extratropical new_hampshire later dissipated quebec north_carolina hurricane force winds left minor damage houses estimated rains carol drought conditions washington area long_island storm surge flooded water mile high winds left homes power damage totaled million island hurricane moved ashore connecticut shortly high tide producing storm surge eastward surge reached surpassed new england hurricane flooded downtown providence feet water rainfall peaked hurricane produced winds mph connecticut rhode_island including record high gust mph widespread areas left power eastern connecticut southern massachusetts north maine downed hundreds trees destroying widespread apple corn fields natural disaster state history surpassed days later new_england hurricane destroyed homes cars boats damage totaled million deaths neighboring canada high rains caused flooding strong winds downed trees power lines hurricane tropical wave spawned tropical depression august northwest puerto_rico moved rapidly north northwestward intensifying tropical storm later day hurricane early september early storm duration weather_bureau noted potential affect areas new_england hurricane carol struck days prior hurricane turned north away land hurricane hunters estimated maximum sustained winds mph september storm passed halfway turned northeast september extratropical later day south nova scotia tracked september located north azores reported damage extratropical tropical depression later developed east lesser antilles september moved northwestward dropping heavy rainfall puerto_rico passed north island september hurricane day reached peak winds mph turned north northeast bypassing september struck massachusetts strong category hurricane hurricane later moved ashore near border maine new_brunswick time extratropical remnants persisted days dissipating south greenland early duration produced high seas gale force winds bahamas damage hurricane force winds occurred damage minor passed new_england produced storm surge high tide caused severe flooding martha wind gusts peaked mph martha strong winds region left widespread power outages hurricane dropped additional heavy rainfall areas affected carol resulting flooding massachusetts rhode_island long_island new_england hurricane left million damage deaths days carol affected area damage occurred maine hurricane record state hurricane force winds extended canada causing million damage crop damage death nova scotia tropical storm surface trough persisted central atlantic_ocean september days system moved slowly northeastward independent frontal systems september nearby ships indicated closed circulation developed marking genesis system tropical depression accelerating northeast storm reached peak winds mph september day system extratropical soon absorbed larger extratropical storm north tropical storm florence tropical storm formed september given florence storm moved generally west southwestward small radius maximum winds hurricane_hunters reported winds mph winds initially confirmed tropical storm estimated reached minimal hurricane force mph storm moved ashore officials veracruz evacuated residents low lying areas overall people left homes september florence moved ashore veracruz quickly dissipated hurricane flooded coastal cities water cutting communications state damage heaviest primarily destruction banana plantations monetary damage estimated million reported deaths tropical storm low pressure area present north yucatán_peninsula september nearby ship observations indicated tropical depression developed day central gulf_of_mexico system large structure meant subtropical cyclone system moved slowly westward bringing winds mph coast louisiana estimated storm reached peak winds mph september based reports ships hurricane_hunters day system began weakening water dissipating september moving ashore tropical storm september tropical storm developed central caribbean_sea halfway jamaica colombia small storm moved westward duration september attained peak winds mph nearing northeastern honduras storm paralleled coastline short distance offshore maintaining intensity hitting later weakening belize september emerged gulf_of_mexico making landfall near tropical depression september moving offshore coast honduras dropped intense rainfall flooding km2 land rivers waters caused widespread destruction banana plantations houses leaving people homeless honduras president appealed aid united_states response planes flew food medicine water affected regions total people killed honduras landfall belize left little property damage deaths hurricane thirteen tropical depression formed september drifted east northeastward eventually tropical storm september storm curved west west southwest hurricane october turned northeast october reached peak mph winds halfway bermuda azores point began accelerating late october hurricane extratropical early day observed south iceland hurricane named presence eastern atlantic threat land tropical depression october tropical depression moved westward coast cuba gulf_of_mexico moved westward intensifying winds mph moving ashore north texas depression weakened moved southern texas dropped heavy rainfall recorded minute period hours rainfall rates inch hour heaviest june depression moved ashore high waves tides system reached big bend region october slightly time united_states_navy conducted rocket test white sands new_mexico despite tests rarely performed skies cloudy rocket took photograph depression altitude miles large scale image tropical cyclone depression later moved new_mexico dropped additional rainfall interacting approaching cold flooding reported system rainfall state peaked new_mexico system dissipated october hurricane hurricane deadliest hurricane season storm killed people haiti striking united_states near border category hurricane causing fatalities struck canada extratropical storm raising death toll people toronto formed october east windward_islands intensified category hurricane crossing southeastern caribbean_sea making hard turn northward similar hurricane sandy rapidly intensified approached haiti reaching category intensity landfall haiti destroyed coffee trees crop affecting economy years come fluctuated intensity making landfall category hurricane carolinas destroyed waterfront dwellings near point impact affected states including delaware maryland new_jersey new_york pennsylvania virginia west_virginia bringing gusts near mph causing million damage arrived ontario rivers streams passing overflowed banks causing severe flooding result residential areas located area subsequently converted canada million billion damage incurred particularly destructive toronto result combination lack experience dealing tropical storms storm unexpected retention power traveled land approaching canada merged existing powerful cold storm stalled extratropical remained powerful category hurricane help cleanup members military summoned established distributed million million aid tropical storm november tropical depression developed halfway lesser antilles azores moved west intensifying tropical storm reaching peak winds mph limited data possible storm remained tropical depression storm maintained intensity november began weakening dissipating later day hurricane alice december final storm season alice developed december trough low pressure central atlantic_ocean area unusually favorable conditions storm moved southwestward gradually strengthened reach hurricane status persisted following calendar year passing leeward_islands january alice reached peak winds mph encountering cold air turning southeast dissipated january southeastern caribbean_sea alice produced heavy rainfall moderately strong winds islands path affected total damage amounting usd operationally lack definitive data prevented declaring system hurricane january received alice early analysis data supported extending track previous year resulting tropical cyclones season storms span calendar years storm names following names named storms tropical storms hurricanes formed north_atlantic list exception replaced confusion term gale names assigned marked gray retirement carol season retired modern naming system introduced reused retired retired
1954 Atlantic hurricane season