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Hurricane Camille was a powerful, deadly and destructive tropical cyclone which became the second most intense on record to strike the United States (behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane) and is one of the four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S.
Hurricane Camille made landfall 50 years ago this weekend as the second most intense hurricane to strike the continental U.S. on record. Only the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was stronger. Camille...
In this Aug. 18, 1969, photo, the beachfront at Gulfport, Miss., is in ruins after Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast earlier in the day. The vacant area at left was a hotel.
With radio and TV warnings in place, Camille attacked land on Aug. 17, 1969 with its relentless force of winds recorded at nearly 200 mph. Iconic Biloxi structures, such as seafood factories, Victorian homes along U.S. 90, and popular tourist attractions crumbled with Camille’s mighty force.
Hurricane Camille, a Category 5 storm, made landfall in Mississippi with 175 mph winds, 24 feet of storm surge. One of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. slammed into the Gulf Coast 53 years ago.
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.
Looking back 50 years from the devastation and human toll from Hurricane Camille, a category 5 storm that destroyed the Mississippi Gulf Coast and parts of Louisiana.