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Hurricane Mitch moving over Central America between 28-30 October 1998. Hurricane Mitch was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since the Great Hurricane of 1780, displacing the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 as the second-deadliest on record. Nearly 11,000 people were confirmed dead, and almost as many reported missing.
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 [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 ]
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
Although Hurricane Mitch is often included in lists of infamous November hurricanes because it made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm on Nov. 5, 1998, it was not at peak strength.
San Antonio Hurricane of 1780 or The St. Lucia Hurricane of 1780. The hurricane first struck St. Lucia where it killed between 4,000 to 5,000. The hurricane moved on to Puerto Rico on June 13 where it "caused deaths and losses". It moved on next to the Dominican Republic. See List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes. 1780 August 24 Louisiana: 25
October 1–5, 1780: North Atlantic Jamaica, Cuba, and Bahamas 1,115 [3] Great Hurricane of 1780: October 9–20, 1780: North Atlantic Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Bermuda 22,000–27,501 [3] 1780 Solano's Hurricane: October 18–21, 1780: North Atlantic Gulf of Mexico 2,000 [3] Unnamed 1781: North Atlantic Offshore Florida ...
Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, about five miles west of Sarasota, as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, the National Hurricane Center ...