Hurricane Hilda Heads for Louisiana With 130-mile-an-hour winds in the center, hurricane Hilda tonight is bearing down on the Louisiana coast from which more than 125,000 persons had fled. The massive storm, bigger than all New England, is advancing six miles an hour and shifting course toward the east slightly. At nightfall it was about 225miles southwest of New Orleans. Black area indicates hurricane warning area. Gale warnings extend from Texas to Mobile, Ala. Hilda has gale force winds extending 200 miles to north and east and 100 miles to southwest.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1964]

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