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Hurricane Camille was a powerful, deadly and destructive tropical cyclone which became the second most intense on record to strike the United States (behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane) and is one of the four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S.
Hurricane Camille. Year: 1969. Death Toll: 259. Financial Impact: $1.4 billion (1969 dollars), equivalent to ~$10 billion today. With winds reaching 175 mph, this Category 5 hurricane devastated ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
Its hurricane-force winds blows out the windows of many buildings in downtown Miami, resulting in several injuries. Across the state, the storm causes 3 deaths and heavy damage totaling $27.8 million (1950 USD, $249 million 2008 USD), of which over half occurred in the Miami area. [2]
Hurricane Camille 1969. ... Andrew caused an estimated $26 billion in damage and was responsible for at least 15 deaths. Hurricane Katrina 2005.
A total of over 250 deaths are attributed to Camille. In Mississippi 172 died and some of those people were never found. Pender said after he was asked to be interviewed for this story, the ...
Camille is the only storm to have been moved down the list due to post-storm analysis. Camille was originally recognized as the fifth strongest hurricane on record, but was dropped to the seventh strongest in 2014, with an estimated pressure at 905 mbars, tying it with Hurricanes Mitch, and Dean. Camille then was recategorized with a new ...
It caused the deaths of 408 people — most of them World War I veterans working in the Florida Keys, where the storm made its first landfall. ... Hurricane Camille in 1969.