Rather, it was “an extraordinary confluence of atmospheric ingredients” and “unique in its evolution” ( Ostro 2006). Oddly, this storm was neither one of the worst in terms of wind severity or precipitation nor in overall impact to people and property. On 30 October 1991, this nor’easter reached peak intensity when it was 340 miles (547 km) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the storm had been building since 28 October 1991 when it killed the six crew members of the Andrea Gail. ![]() ![]() The Perfect Storm makes landfall along the North Atlantic seaboard, October 30, 1991.Īlso known as the Halloween Storm, “The Perfect Storm” of literary and Hollywood fame wracked the Atlantic seaboard in late October 1991 and sunk the Andrea Gail.
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