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The hurricane killed an estimated 2,500 people in the United States; most of the fatalities occurred in the state of Florida, particularly in Lake Okeechobee. It was the fourth tropical cyclone, third hurricane, the only major hurricane of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season, and remains the deadliest disaster in Florida’s history to date. [1]
The effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida included at least 2,500 fatalities in the state, making this the second deadliest tropical cyclone on record in the contiguous United States, behind only the 1900 Galveston hurricane, as well as the deadliest weather event on the East Coast of the United States. [1]
The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season was a near average hurricane season ... The storm then crossed the Bahamas as a Category 4 hurricane, leaving deaths and severe ...
San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane. Year: 1928. Death Toll: 2,500–3,000. Financial Impact: Estimated $100 million at the time (~$1.47 billion adjusted for inflation)
Florida’s 1928 Okeechobee hurricane is the state’s deadliest so far, second in the nation only to the 1900 Galveston storm. The 1928 hurricane’s official death toll was 1,836, but local ...
Destruction in Delray Beach from 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. August 7, 1928 – The first hurricane of the season moves ashore near Fort Pierce, causing moderate damage to highways, crops, and telephone lines; [33] damage is estimated at $5 million (1928 USD, $63 million 2008 USD), [34] and there were four reported casualties near Jupiter. [35]
Actual death toll likely higher than official death toll of 418. 1893 Hurricane: 2,000 1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane: Louisiana: Fatalities estimated 1893 Hurricane: 1,000 – 2,000 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane: Georgia, South Carolina: Fatalities estimated 1889 Flood: 2,209 $17 million ($425 million in 2012) Johnstown Flood: Johnstown ...
It caused $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths. It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was ...