Fast and Furious Whipped up by a 65-mile-an-hour wind, waves lashed the Southern California coastline, as shown in this Sept. 25 view near Long Beach, to inflict damage amounting to at least $1,000,000. The storm, which struck Sept. 24 and continued two days, broke California's recent heat wave.

Associated Press · [ca. September 1939]

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