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Hurricane Donna, known in Puerto Rico ... was the strongest hurricane of the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season, ... New Jersey. At 8 p.m., hurricane warnings expired ...
September 12, 1960 – Hurricane Donna moved up the East Coast of the United States and passed offshore New Jersey, causing heavy damage along the coast, but less than other states struck directly by Donna. The hurricane produced 105 mph (170 km/h) wind gusts and a storm surge of 6 feet (1.8 m) near Atlantic City, and 8.99 in (228 mm) of ...
Radar imagery of Hurricane Donna approaching landfall on Florida's mainland on September 10. The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 15, 1960. [1] It was a below-average season in which seven tropical depressions formed.
Hurricane Donna will go down in history as one of SWFL's most damaging storms. Donna hit Naples and Fort Myers in September 1960. Historical hurricane photos: Category 4 Donna slammed Naples, Fort ...
Hurricane Donna struck the tower in September 1960, seriously damaging it. The tower was the site of an accident and was destroyed by a winter storm on January 15, 1961. None of the 28 airmen and civilian contractors who were staffing the station survived. [2]
Hurricane Donna. On Sept. 10, 1960, Donna arrived in the middle Florida Keys as a Category 4, then curved northeast, crossing the Florida Peninsula on Sept. 11. Donna then hit North Carolina and ...
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.
Record rainfall — more than 8.65 inches — fell at John F. Kennedy International Airport, surpassing the record for any September day set during Hurricane Donna in 1960.