It caused $100 million in damage. Before superstorm Sandy, there was "The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944." The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane was a severe tropical cyclone. The entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard was affected in September 1944.

Directed by William Berke. It moved west-northwestward through the 12th, then turned northward on a track that brought the center near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on the 14th. Great Atlantic Hurricane 1944 This large and powerful hurricane was first detected northeast of the Leeward Islands on September 9. Jersey Shore battered by Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944.
The hurricane struck several states from North Carolina to New York and central New England.The storm killed 300-400 people. The 1944 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1944, and lasted until October 31, 1944. With Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Alma Carroll, Bob Wills. As the storm moved west-northwest, it steadily intensified. State Ranger Lucky Saunders (Russell Hayden) meets Steve Kirby (Tristram Coffin), a newcomer running for sheriff, at a birthday party for Gayle Foster (Alma Carroll). Lucky immediately distrusts Kirby, but everybody puts it down as jealousy and they accept Kirby.

The Great Atlantic Hurricane was an intense tropical cyclone that impacted the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard in September 1944.. Reconnaissance aircraft first discovered the fully developed hurricane on September 9, 1944, northeast of Puerto Rico.
The 1944 season was an active season: the accumulated cyclone energy index was 104, and the season featured eight hurricanes, of which three were major storms. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin..