Hurricane Carrie was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1957 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season .

Carrie intensified Cause_change_of_strength further , before reaching Arriving peak intensity on September 8 as a Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km/h ) in the open Openness Atlantic Ocean .

However , Carrie passed Process_end well north of the island and turned Becoming to the northeast towards Europe .

Due Causation to its distance away from any major land masses , Carrie caused Causation relatively minor damage Damaging along its path .

As an extratropical storm Catastrophe , Carrie brought Bringing strong storm Catastrophe surge and heavy rain to the British Isles , which claimed Statement three lives .