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The hurricane moved directly over the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea, strengthening as it did so. On the island of Dominica, winds were clocked at 24 mph (39 km/h); there were no reports of damage, [4] though one fatality occurred. [8] In Martinique, further south of the storm's path, there were three fatalities.
July 13, 2019 – Hurricane Barry made its first landfall at Marsh Island followed shortly thereafter with its second and final landfall near Intracoastal City as a minimal Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Barry was one of four hurricanes to hit Louisiana at Category 1 intensity in the month of July, the others being ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Financial Impact: $27.3 billion (1992 dollars), equivalent to ~$55 billion today. This Category 5 hurricane hit the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana, and remains the most destructive hurricane to ...
The Army Corps of Engineers says it's ready for hurricane season, and advises people to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. How current Lake Okeechobee conditions could affect hurricanes ...
The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season was a near average hurricane season in which seven tropical cyclones developed. Of these, six intensified into a tropical storm and four further strengthened into hurricanes. One hurricane deepened into a major hurricane, which is Category 3 or higher on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. [1]
Those are still impressive path lengths; prior to Milton, only one hurricane-spawned tornado in recorded history tracked for more than 28 miles, a 53.4-mile twister in Louisiana from Hurricane ...
The high death toll ranks the hurricane as the deadliest hurricane in Louisiana history and the third deadliest hurricane in the continental U.S., behind only the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Cheniere Caminada hurricane was the tenth known hurricane of the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season.