Connecticut
On this day 37 years ago, Hurricane Gloria slammed into Connecticut
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – On Sept. 27, 1985, Connecticut endured a direct hit from a class 1 hurricane.
Hurricane Gloria swept by by the state 37 years in the past.
Former Channel 3 reporter Brian Garnett reported from Pequot Avenue in New London.
“At in all probability the peak of Gloria’s fury, that is the scene on Pequot Avenue in New London,” Garnett stated within the footage. “Sailboats and different boats being smashed to bits alongside the wharves and seawalls. Elements of the avenue all alongside this stretch are beneath water.”
The Nationwide Climate Service estimated that the storm price the east coast $900 billion in harm.
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