The hurricane of 1938 had many factors leading up to it. First it had many impacting conditions. Human error was a big part of it too. There wasn’t a lot of communication to the people or the meteorologists. Lastly the aftermath was so disastrous and extraordinary. Therefore the hurricane had lots of impacting factors and intense events leading up to it.
There were many factors of the hurricane that made it so powerful, but the conditions were a big part of it. The hurricane was 500 miles wide. Winds got up to 115 miles per hour. In New England there was a lot of rain prior so there was no place for the water to go. It was high tide when the hurricane hit so the waves were closer to shore. There was a full moon and a full moon pulls the tide
