at . The strong waves caused extensive property damage and killed three. Records Lasting as a hurricane for 20.75 days, Carrie was at the time tied for second in terms of longest-existing Atlantic tropical cyclones, alongside the ninth hurricane of the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season and behind the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane. Due to the hurricane's long duration, the Weather Bureau office in San Juan, Puerto Rico issued 62 advisories on the storm, which was at the time the most ever issued in association with an Atlantic hurricane. Carrie's long duration and distance from any land masses also contributed to its record travel distance of . Hurricane Faith of 1966 surpassed this record after it traveled . Hurricane reconnaissance flights throughout Carrie's existence traveled further east than any previous flight due to the storm's location far from any land masses. The initial flight on September 7 covered and lasted for nearly 17 hours. See also List of Atlantic hurricanes List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) – another Atlantic system with the same name Hurricane Lorenzo (2019) – another long-lived major hurricane over the open Atlantic References Carrie 1957 meteorology Carrie Carrie Carrie (1957)