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The Merrimack River in full flood following hurricane passage.The New England Hurricane of 1938 traveled 600 miles in 12 hours,surprising southern New England and causing widespread destruction.In: The New England Hurricane, Federal Writers' Project of WPA, 1938. (Image credit: Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas)