This September 1938 snapshot from Nashua, New Hampshire captures the aftermath of one of the region's most devastating natural disasters: the Great New England Hurricane. A large tree, torn from the ground by the storm's powerful winds, lies across a residential lawn while a white clapboard farmhouse stands undamaged in the background. The hurricane, which struck with little warning on September 21, 1938, felled an estimated two billion trees across New England and reshaped the region's landscape for decades. Project: 218314