Tropical Storm Carrie was a strong tropical storm that affected the East Coast of the United States in early September 1972. Carrie formed on August 29 from a complex sequence of meteorological events starting with the emergence of a tropical wave into the Atlantic in the middle of August. It reached an initial peak intensity as a moderate tropical storm before nearly weakening back into tropical depression status. Carrie skirted eastern New England before making landfall in Maine on September 4 and dissipating over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence during the next two days.
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