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The area of hurricane-force winds within Camille was just over two-thirds the size of Hurricane Katrina. Both storms were moving at a similar forward motion at the time of landfall. Although Camille's wind speed at landfall was higher, Katrina's storm surge exceeded Camille's storm surge at all known locations due to its greater size. [52]
The most significant storm of the season was Hurricane Camille, which peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on August 17 and devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States upon striking Mississippi the next day. Strong winds and storm surge heights especially impacted Mississippi and Louisiana.
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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, ... The storm hit the Blue Ridge Mountains with an intensity that no meteorologist had anticipated, and sleeping Virginians ...
Hurricane Camille 1969. Hurricane Camille is one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to ever make landfall in the continental U.S. since 1900. ... Sandy caused devastating storm surge and floods ...
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]
The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille slammed into Mississippi just before midnight on Aug. 17. The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened ...