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The hurricane killed an estimated 2,500 people in the United States; most of the fatalities occurred in the state of Florida, particularly in Lake Okeechobee. It was the fourth tropical cyclone, third hurricane, the only major hurricane of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season, and remains the deadliest disaster in Florida’s history to date. [1]
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]
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Destruction in Delray Beach from 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. August 7, 1928 – The first hurricane of the season moves ashore near Fort Pierce, causing moderate damage to highways, crops, and telephone lines; [33] damage is estimated at $5 million (1928 USD, $63 million 2008 USD), [34] and there were four reported casualties near Jupiter. [35]
Florida’s 1928 Okeechobee hurricane is the state’s deadliest so far, second in the nation only to the 1900 Galveston storm. The 1928 hurricane’s official death toll was 1,836, but local ...
The 1928 Fort Pierce hurricane devastated areas of Florida and the Southeastern United States in August 1928. The first tropical cyclone and hurricane of the annual hurricane season , the storm developed from a tropical wave first identified on August 3, 1928, north of the Virgin Islands .
A hurricane that made landfall in mid-September 1928 does not have an official name, but is colloquially referred to as the Okeechobee or San Felipe II Hurricane. The storm first hit the islands ...
Box of bones labeled "1928 Hurricane victims.Belle Glade" turn up in FAU lab prompting years-long search for answers. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.