Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Bob just before landfall on Aug. 19, 1991. (NOAA) New York City, Long Island and New England have been impacted by many ...

We’ve seen other tropical systems impact our area since then, but Bob was the last hurricane to directly hit Rhode Island.

Hurricane Bob developed near the Bahamas in August 1991, becoming a tropical storm on August 16 and a hurricane the following day. High pressure over the Atlantic and a trough over the eastern United ...

Meteorologists still cite Hurricane Bob, which struck Rhode Island and then the rest of New England on Aug. 19, 1991, as an example of how quickly a season that seems subdued can become dangerous.

Thirty-five years ago, New England learned a lesson that meteorologists still talk about today: It only takes one storm. Nearly all of the hurricane models had been forecasting calm seas. A rather ...

It has been 35 years since Hurricane Bob impacted parts of the Granite State. Bob made landfall on Aug. 19, 1991, along the coast of Rhode Island. Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest hurricanes in ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — On Aug. 19, 1991, Hurricane Bob made landfall in Rhode Island. It was the last time we had a direct hit from a hurricane, and a young meteorologist named Tony Petrarca ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s been 35 years since Hurricane Bob roared through Southeastern New England. We’ve seen other tropical systems impact our area since then, but Bob was the last hurricane ...