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Major Hurricanes in Mississippi Storm Date of Landall Intensity Landfall Location "Great Mobile" August 26, 1852 100 kts Pascagoula "Middle Gulf Shore" September 16, 1855 100 kts Waveland Hurricane Four August 11, 1860 100 kts Gulfport Hurricane Two July 5, 1916 105 kts Grand Bay, Alabama‡ Camille August 26, 1969 150 kts Waveland Frederic
On August 17, 1969, Gulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast were hit by Hurricane Camille, the second-strongest hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in recorded history. [20] The most heavily damaged part of Gulfport was the waterfront areas: storm waters in Gulfport reached 21 feet, and the port of Gulfport was nearly completely destroyed.
Despite weakening slightly on August 17, the hurricane quickly re-intensified back into a Category 5 hurricane before it made landfall a half hour before midnight in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. At peak intensity, the hurricane had peak 1-minute sustained winds of 175 miles per hour (282 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mbar (26.58 inHg), the ...
Hancock was living in Gulfport at the time and was 14 years old. ... According to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the effects were felt from Cuba to Virginia and caused an ...
Constructed circa 1874. Heavily damaged by Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969 but rebuilt. Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina August 29, 2005 and demolished. The Hurricane Camille Memorial that was dedicated on October 2, 2007 remains on the site. 5: Fisherman's Cottage: March 9, 1990 (#84002182) July 16, 2008: 138 Lameuse Street: Biloxi
Hurricane Ida strengthened as it approached landfall on the Gulf Coast on Sunday, August 29, bringing potentially catastrophic and life-threatening conditions.The National Hurricane Center said ...
Mississippi Power CEO described the hurricane as "the worst catastrophe in our company’s history". [54] [40] The hurricane also caused significant damage to agriculture industries, estimated at $1.5 billion. The winds destroyed 300 chicken houses and damaging another 2,400, with poultry losses estimated at over $100 million.
The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. It caused an estimated $1.42 billion in damages (more than $12 billion in 2024 ...