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Hurricane Camille was a powerful, ... The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille originated as a tropical ... In Biloxi, Mississippi, ...
August 18, 1969: Hurricane Camille made landfall near Bay St. Louis as a Category 5 with sustained winds estimated at 175 mph and a central pressure of 900 mb. [4] This made Camille the strongest hurricane to strike the state, and the second strongest to make landfall in the continental United States, behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. [18]
Hurricane Camille was the third tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. At peak intensity, Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the United States near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the night of August 17, causing catastrophic damage. Camille was the only hurricane with official winds ...
When you mention hurricanes, the first thing that comes to many Mississippians' minds is Hurricane Katrina which struck in 2005, but on August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille made landfall and for the ...
In 1969, Hurricane Camille dropped 27 inches of rain on Nelson County, ... as Camille’s nearly 200 mile-per-hour winds wrought unprecedented devastation while driving north through Mississippi ...
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 ...
June 9, 1969– A tropical depression dissipates shortly after passing through the Florida Keys. Its effects are unknown. [37] August 18, 1969– Hurricane Camille strikes southern Mississippi as a Category 5 hurricane, with its large wind field producing a 71 mph (114 km/h) wind gust and 3.55 inches (90 mm) of rain in Pensacola. [38]
Hurricane Camille 1969 Hurricane Camille is one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to ever make landfall in the continental U.S. since 1900. Camille made landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.