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The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane was a deadly major hurricane that struck the Sea Islands which was near Savannah, Georgia on August 27, 1893. [1] It was the 7th deadliest hurricane in United States history, and was one of three deadly hurricanes during the 1893 Atlantic hurricane season; the storm killed an estimated 1,000–2,000 people, mostly from storm surge.
But these storms were just a warmup for the Sea Islands Hurricane, which struck just south of Tybee Island and Savannah, Georgia, on Aug. 27, 1893, devastated the coastal regions and barrier ...
The 1893 Atlantic hurricane season featured the only known instance of more than one tropical cyclone causing at least 1,000 deaths in the United States. It was a fairly active season, with 12 tropical storms forming, 10 of which became hurricanes.
August 27, 1893 – Sea Islands Hurricane hit Sea Islands, causing major damage. [1]August 30-September 1, 1898 – second storm hit "near South Carolina border", putting it at mouth of Savannah River just downstream from Savannah.
The 1893 Great Charleston hurricane compounded the effects of the deadly Sea Islands hurricane in August and proceeded to impact areas as far north as Ontario. The ninth known tropical cyclone , ninth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the season , [ nb 1 ] this system was first observed south of the Cabo Verde Islands on September 25.
The Cheniere Caminada Hurricane 1893. More than a century ago, a powerful Category 4 hurricane made landfall on the small island of Cheniere Caminada, La., with wind speeds of more than 130 mph ...
In August of 1893, the Sea Islands Hurricane hit the Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina coasts. The historic hurricane, by modern standards, would have been a Category 3 with sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h).
In 1870, a hurricane killed 1,200 people in Cuba. The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane left over 1,000 casualties when it struck the U.S. state of Georgia. In 1909, a hurricane killed about 4,000 people when it moved ashore northeast Mexico. More recently, Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 killed more than 3,000 people when it moved near Haiti.