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Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Mississippi. A Mississippi hurricane is a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that affected the U.S. state of Mississippi. From 1851 to the present, 108 tropical cyclones have passed through Mississippi. The costliest and deadliest hurricane in this period was Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Great Hurricane of 1780 [2] [1] [3] was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through the islands from October 10 to October 16. [ 4 ]
Mississippi: N/A Landfalling hurricane in Mississippi caused the Mississippi river to flood in July 1788. [259] 1788 August 14–19 Martinique, Dominica to Puerto Rico to Bahamas to New England: 600-700 Hurricane San Roque of 1788. Martinique was hit by a hurricane on August 14. It moved on to Dominica, and then to Puerto Rico on August 16.
The second hurricane of October 1780 formed on October 9. It is still referred to as "The Great Hurricane" or "Great Hurricane of the Antilles" in some places, but its official name is "San Calixto Hurricane." The hurricane devastated the island of Barbados on October 10 with 200+ mph wind gusts, [8] killing 4,300 and creating an economic ...
The Great Hurricane of 1780 was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through the islands from October 10 to October 16. Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unknown, as the official Atlantic hurricane database only goes back ...
In recent years, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane was Hurricane Mitch of 1998, with at least 11,374 deaths attributed to it, while the deadliest Atlantic hurricane overall was the Great Hurricane of 1780, which resulted in at least 22,000 fatalities.
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Great Hurricane of 1780; A. 1780 Atlantic hurricane season; C. 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane This page was last edited on 9 September 2023, at 22:30 (UTC). ...