Hurricane Edna was a deadly and destructive major hurricane that impacted Influence the United States East Coast in September of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season .

The fifth tropical cyclone and storm Catastrophe of the season , as well as the fourth hurricane Catastrophe and second major hurricane Catastrophe , Edna developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave on September 2 .

Moving Motion towards the north-northwest , Edna skirted Motion_directional the northern Leeward Islands as a tropical depression before turning Becoming more towards the west .

Edna transitioned Change into an extratropical cyclone in Atlantic Canada before its remnants dissipated Dispersal in the northern Atlantic .

Edna caused Causation 20 fatalities throughout its lifetime as a tropical cyclone , as well as a moderate amount of damage Damaging .

Edna resulted in Causation the heaviest day of rainfall in New York City in 45 years , while strong waves cut off Having_or_lacking_access Montauk from the remainder of Long Island .

Edna became Becoming the costliest hurricane Catastrophe in the history of Maine , where the hurricane Catastrophe caused Causation flooding Motion that washed out roads and rail lines .