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NEW YORK -- The winds whipped up to 130 mph, snapping pine trees and blowing houses into oblivion. A surge of water, 21 feet high at its crest, engulfed victims as they desperately scurried for higher ground.
The merciless storm, pounding the coast for hours with torrential sheets of rain, was like nothing ever seen before. One observer predicted the damage would linger for decades.See the full content of this document
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Storm Hit Puritans As Apocalyptic
This wasn't New Orleans in August 2005. This was New England in August 1635, battered by what was later dubbed "The Great Colonial Hurricane" -- the first major storm suffered by the first North American settlers, just 14 years after the initial Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth Co...
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