The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1938 New England hurricane">Great Hurricane of 1938</a> makes landfall on Long Island in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York (state)">New York</a>. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.