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Hurricane Camille was a powerful, deadly and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane which became the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States (behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane) and is one of just four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S.
Relive the track of one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes, which produced an almighty punch as it made landfall on the US Gulf Coast in August 1969.YouTub...
Late in the evening on August 17 in 1969, Hurricane Camille made landfall along the Mississippi Gulf Coast near Waveland, MS. Camille is one of only FOUR Category 5 hurricanes ever to make landfall in the continental United States (Atlantic Basin) - the others being the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, which impacted the Florida Keys; Hurricane Andrew ...
Hurricane Camille's Track. Camille made its first landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane on Aug. 15. It then rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 5...
Camille attained hurricane strength early on August 15th, now heading north-northwest towards the western tip of Cuba. Camille continue to strengthen and eventually crossed the western tip of Cuba by 6 PM EDT as a category two hurricane and entered the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico two hours later.
On the late night of Sunday, August 17, 1969, powerful Category 5 Hurricane Camille approached the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It would make landfall at peak intensity of 173 mph (150 knots) and a minimal central pressure of 900 millibars (26.58 inches mercury) around 11 pm CDT at Waveland, Mississippi.
Hurricane Camille started as a tropical storm on Aug. 14, 1969, west of the Cayman Islands and rapidly gained strength as it moved toward Cuba. On August 16 the storm was a category 5 hurricane, the highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale.
Camille tracked north-northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico and became a Category 5 hurricane on August 16. The hurricane maintained this intensity until it made landfall along the Mississippi coast late on the 17th.
By the afternoon of the 20th, Camille moved offshore into the Atlantic regaining tropical storm strength. By the 22nd, Camille merged with another frontal zone and was declared extratropical. Its track below was supplied by the National Hurricane Center. The graphics below show the storm total rainfall for Camille.
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast, only one of four hurricanes to make landfall on the continental United States as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.