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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]
The effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida included at least 2,500 fatalities in the state, making this the second deadliest tropical cyclone on record in the contiguous United States, behind only the 1900 Galveston hurricane, as well as the deadliest weather event on the East Coast of the United States. [1]
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 ...
It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...
September 16 – The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane kills at least 2,500 people in Florida. October. October 9 ...
Box of bones labeled "1928 Hurricane victims.Belle Glade" turn up in FAU lab prompting years-long search for answers.
Hurricane Ian was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. 2022 Hurricane: 25 ≥$5.88 billion Hurricane Fiona: Puerto Rico: 2022 Flood: 44 $1.2 billion (Kentucky and Missouri only) [3] July–August 2022 United States floods: Greater St. Louis, Central Appalachia, Southern and Southwestern ...