New Bedford is preparing the hurricane barrier in anticipation of an above-normal hurricane season predicted by NOAA.

Bob formed in the central Bahamas on Aug. 16, 1991, and quickly intensified, reaching hurricane status by the next evening. Hurricane Bob continued to strengthen over the next 48 hours as it ...

Hurricane Bob made landfall in Rhode Island in August 1991. A category 2 hurricane with winds as high as 125 mph at times, Bob left damage that would be worth nearly $3.5 billion today.

Hurricane Bob approaching New England on August 19, 1991. Bob is the most recent hurricane to make landfall in New England. (Courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) A few years ...

16, 2023. New York City, Long Island and New England have been hit by hurricanes over the years but not officially since Hurricane Bob in 1991. More recently, tropical systems that were not ...

and the last hurricane to make landfall was Hurricane Bob in 1991, which made landfall in Rhode Island as a Category 1 storm packing winds of 100 miles per hour. New England saw minimal impacts ...

As hurricane forecasters await an anticipated northward turn of Hurricane Lee, New England residents continue to watch to see if they might be affected. New York City, Long Island and New England ...

A hurricane forms when a cyclone's sustained winds reach 74 mph. The last landfalling hurricane to strike New England was Hurricane Bob in 1991.

The center of 1991’s Hurricane Bob didn’t directly cross over the state, but the storm still caused six deaths in Connecticut and economic damage. A satellite image shows Bob centered south of ...

Hurricane Bob, in 1991, was the last hurricane to make landfall in Rhode Island, a state that historically averages a hurricane every 20 years, noted Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane forecaster for ...

Connecticut residents may remember some of the stronger storms that have hit, or impacted, the state, like Hurricane Bob (1991) or even or Hurricane Carol (1954) – but what were the strongest ...