hurricane gracie

Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 season. Gracie was a storm that was very difficult to forecast. The storm developed and intensified suddenly to the northeast of the Bahamas. Gracies movement was unpredictable. This made it extremely difficult to forecast its direction in detail. On September 27th, Gracie began to move steadily toward the west-northwest and passed inland on the South Carolina coast near Beaufort. After landfall, Gracie moved north. Several tornadoes accompanied the dying storm through Virginia and twelve people were killed near Charlottesville, Virginia. Gracie also killed 10 people in South Carolina and Georgia, mainly due to wind and rain induced automobile accidents, falling trees and electrocution by live wires. Gracie was the last major hurricane to strike South Carolina before Hurricane Hugo, 30 years later.

Hurricane Gracie

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