Hurricane Hazel's storm surge impacting Morehead City on October 15th, 1954 (Russell James). Hurricane Hazel was one of the most powerful and destructive storms to strike Eastern North Carolina ...

Hazel turned north when she encountered an upper level system in the Caribbean, according to the hurricane center’s Web site. She crossed Haiti on Oct. 12, killing nearly 500.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Hurricane Hazel was the strongest land-falling hurricane to hit the Wilmington area in recorded history. Imagine gusts to 150 mph, and 30 ft waves battering the coast. The ...

Hurricane Hazel, which hit North Carolina in 1954, was the only Category 4 storm to ever make landfall in the state. Hurricane Florence might join that short list by the end of the week.

Hurricane Hazel 65 years later. Damage in Myrtle Beach (National Weather Service). When Hazel made landfall at Little River, its deadly storm surge and intense winds reached their peak.

70 years ago on October 16, 1954, Rochester, and Western New York as a whole faced the remnants of Hurricane Hazel. Which blew through with hurricane-force winds being reported in parts of the ...

While Hurricane Matthew’s origins and evolution have been eerily similar thus far, it is very unlikely to follow Hazel’s path exactly and track right over Washington, D.C.

The last major storm, Hurricane Fran in 1996, was not as powerful as Hazel but still knocked out power for more than a week in places. "All the advances in preparation won't matter if people aren ...