The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 Craig Key, Long Key, and Upper Matecumbe and Lower Matecumbe Keys 423 dead, of them 269 WWI veterans 1 st category 5 hurricane to hit the USA Most intense hurricane to hit the USA It is the only storm known to make landfall in the United States with a minimum central pressure below 900 mbar at 892 mbar 185mph wind speeds. Its eye was eight miles across, and the fiercest winds extended only 15 miles right of the center. Storm Surge ft.

Path and Land Effected 8/29 formed near the Bahamas as a tropical disturbance 9/1 near Andros Island category 1 hurricane 9/1-9/2 reached Gulf Stream and gained strength to a category 5 before hitting the northern Keys at 8:30 pm 9/4 hit land northern Florida as a category 2 hurricane Continued north becoming a tropical storm over land until 9/6 when it became a hurricane once again off the coast over the northern Atlantic before dissipating near Greenland

Damage $6 million in 1935 Inflation  $82 million in 2005  $94 million in 2008

Hurricane Camille August 17, 1969

Camille’s Demographics Winds: 190 mph Pressure: 909 Mb Storm – Surge: feet above mean tide Caused total of 256 deaths. $1.42 billion in damages

Storm Path: August 14 th : Camille detected by satellite August 15 th : Hurricane on the tip of Cuba August 16 th : Traveling on through the Gulf of Mexico August 17 th : Camille, now expected to hit coast of Mississippi

Overall, although Camille did not have as many fatalities as Katrina it still remains the strongest storm to ever enter the United States mainland.

Hurricane Hugo 1989

Hurricane Hugo Areas Affected: –Guadeloupe –Montserrat –Dominica –British Virgin Islands –U.S. Virgin Islands –Puerto Rico –North &South Carolina –most of eastern North America Dates: –Formed Sep –Dissipated:Sep Winds: 160 mph Pressure: 918 mbar

Development: –9/9 Tropical wave off coast of Africa (westward) –9/11  Tropical Storm –9/13  Tropical hurricane Category category 5 –Hit S.Carolina as cat 4 Fatalities: 96 Direct Damages: –(1989) $10 Billion –(2008) $17.4 Billion

Great Miami Hurricane

Miami, Alabama, Mississippi, and Pensacola. 1926

Category, Surge, Pressure, and Wind Category = 4 hurricane Surge = 15 feet Pressure = 935 mbar (27.61 in Hg)mbarin Hg Wind = 125 mph (201 km/h)

Cost and Death Cost =$90 billion Death =, the death toll is uncertain since more than 800 people were missing in the aftermath of the hurricane. A Red Cross report lists 373 deaths and 6,381 injuries as a result of the hurricane.

Number 7 out of the Top ten Deadliest Hurricanes

The Grand Isle Hurricane of 1909 Where: Grand Isle,Louisiana When: September 1909 Death toll: At least 350 Strength: Category 4 storm, 15-foot storm surge Cost: $6 million of damage

The SLOSH simulation for the September 1909, Grand Isle Hurricane.

Category 4 Hurricane Audrey formed on June Audrey dissipated on June During her destruction she managed to kill 600+ people

Destruction Audrey was the worst hurricane devastation since the Great New England Hurricane of In 1957 the total cost of destruction was 147 million dollars (equivalent to 1.1 billion dollars today) 16 million dollars in damage to off shore oil facilities alone No future hurricanes have killed more people until Katrina in 2005

Strength of Audrey Audrey holds the record for being the earliest storm to reach a category 4 (strongest storm to ever form in June) Pressure in the storm dropped to 938 mb Peak wind speed reached 150 mph Storm surge of 7 feet was reported

Landfall Audrey made landfall in Eastern Texas and Louisiana even after making landfall and weakening slightly Audrey created 23 tornados in Mississippi and Alabama killing 2 people and injuring 14 On her way up through the country she caused flooding in the Ohio Valley (10 fatalities) and had sustained winds of 100 mph in the storms she created in Pennsylvania Three fatalities were also reported in Canada due to storms with winds in excess of 80 mph

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Katrina Whore of the Gulf

Katrina at its worst Category 5

Stats  Formed on August 23, 2008 in the Pacific  Broke up on August  Lowest recorded pressure: 902 mbar  Highest winds: 175 mph  Cost: $81.2 Billion  Cost today: $89.6 Billion  Dead:  Over 700 missing

Storm Surge 18 feet

6 th Strongest Hurricane ROAR!  Passed through South Florida as a Category 1 hurricane  Hit Louisiana as a Category 3 on August 28, 2008

Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew is the second most powerful, and the last of three category 5 hurricanes. Andrew caused 65 deaths. Formed August 16, Dissipated August 28, Areas Affected Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana, and other areas of the Southern United States

Hurricane Andrew 175 mph (285 km/h) (1- minute sustained) 922 mbar (hPa; inHg) $26.5 billion (1992 USD) $40.7 billion (2008 USD)

Hurricane Andrew’s Path

Hurricane of 1915: Eastern Texas and New Orleans, LA.

Hurricane of 1915 Made land fall on August 17, Mainly affected East Texas, just southwest of Galveston. Storm lasted longer than the 1900 storm had. Sea surge flooded parts of Galveston for 40 hours. Erosion to the sea wall occurred. 3OO ft. of beach was washed out to sea. The 9, 750 lb. Trinity Shoals buoy was moved ten miles.

Hurricane of 1915 Category 4 storm, out in the ocean. Category 3 storm when it made landfall. 120 mph sustained winds. Pressure of 28.06’’, at the eye. 16.2’ storm surge. 21 ‘ wave crests.

Galveston Hurricane 1900 Galveston Hurricane

Facts Formed: 8/27/1900 Dissipated: 9/12/1900 Death Toll: 6, ,000 – 3 rd highest casualty rate of any Atlantic hurricane (after Great Hurricane of 1780 Category : 4 Storm Winds: 135 mph Cost: – (1900) 20 Mil – (2008) 516 Mil

Facts Storm Path Pressure: 936 mbar Areas affected: – Puerto Rico – Dominican Puerto Rico – Dominican Republic – Haiti, Cuba – South Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas (particularly around Galveston), much of the Central United States, Great Lakes region, Atlantic Canada

Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on September 8, just before landfall.

Hurricane Donna and Okeechobee Marshall Plumley

August 1960 Formed on August 29th, 1960, and dissipatedon September 14th It crossed over Southern Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, then turned back, and made it's way up the East Coast $900 Million in damages in 1960 ($6 billion today; $26.8 billion for Atlantic countries involved) Donna caused 364 direct deaths Highest recorded wind speed was160 mph,with gusts of up to 180 Lowest pressure was 930 mb Storm surge in Florida was 13ft, later on in New York Harbor it was recorded at 11 ft Donna holds the record for longest "Major Hurricane" status

Hurricane Okeechobee September of 1928 Southern Florida was the most affected in the US  2,500+ people were killed in Florida alone;4,000+ died altogether (including Puerto Rico and the Bahamas)  $100 million dollars in damages in 1928  $1 billion in damages for just the U.S., and $33 billion for all countries affected Intensity The lowest recorded pressure of the storm was 929 mb Wind speed reached up to 160 mph Storm surge was ft above normal tide  Waves were likely 20+ feet high