Oct. 6, 1964 | Newsreel on Hurricane Hilda

Oct. 6, 1964 - A cold air mass knocked the tropical fury out of Hurricane Hilda today, but heavy rains in the remnants of the storm poured down on Georgia and sent flood waters racing through the Carolinas.
Forecasters said the storm, colliding with a cold front after leaving a trail of death and misery across Louisiana, sucked the cold air mass into its system.
All that remained of the hurricane was a huge low-pressure area with squalls up to 40 m.p.h. moving across Georgia to the sea.
Even then, Hilda remained capable of spawning tornadoes like those that snaked out of the hurricane to kill 21 of the 36 persons who died in the violent weekend in Louisiana.

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