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Grand Casino was a riverboat casino and hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.It was owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment.Prior to its destruction by Hurricane Katrina, the casino had two hotels with a total of 1,000 rooms, and a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m 2) casino.
South Seas Island Resort is a 330-acre (1.3 km 2) resort located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the community of Captiva in Lee County, Florida.The original resort, South Seas Plantation, was opened in 1946 as a fishing resort by Clarence Chadwick, following a dry hurricane (salt-water storm surge kills the plants) which ended commercial farming on the island.
These images of South Seas Island Resort in Captiva, Florida, were taken on Sept. 29, 2022, a day after Hurricane Ian made landfall, and are from NOAA’s Emergency Response Imagery website.
Currently the Island View Casino is the only casino left in Gulfport after the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. The new facility (Phase I) opened on September 18, 2006, with 1,033 video poker and slot machines and 15 table games , a 350-seat Island View buffet , C&G Grille, and a 563-room hotel.
Throughout Marathon, the hurricane caused minor damage to 829 homes, dealt major damage to 1,402 homes, and destroyed 394 homes. [46] Debris piled along the Overseas Highway on Upper Matecumbe Key. In the city of Key Colony Beach, 888 homes reported minor damage, 206 received major damage, and 1 home was destroyed. [46]
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Hurricane Isabel produced a storm surge peaking at 8 feet (2.4 m) on the Chesapeake Bay in Hoopers Island and 6.5 feet (2.0 m) on the Atlantic coast in Ocean City. [12] The track of the hurricane to the west funneled into the bay and was so strong it negated the normal tide cycle in the bay.
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