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HURRICANE HAZEL

Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.

Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID D109)

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