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2005 Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836
2004 Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30 2004 Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage. 1997 Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico 1997 Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii 1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured 1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1991 Hurricane Bob hits U.S. 1991 Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind 1990 West-Europe's strongest hurricane 1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico 1989 Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina 1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 1989 Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1988 Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere 1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1985 Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1985 Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast 1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas 1983 Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas 1980 Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas 1980 Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed 1980 Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas and Caribbean 1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried 1975 Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S. 1974 Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die 1974 Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed 1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide 1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1972 Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida 1972 Hurricane Agnes kills 117 1970 Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique 1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38 1967 Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas 1966 Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico 1966 Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras 1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada 1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida 1965 Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La 1964 Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga 1963 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190 1963 Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti 1963 Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured 1961 Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras 1961 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph 1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die) 1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US 1959 Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1957 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas 1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1955 Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti 1955 Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean 1955 Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico 1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) 1955 Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage 1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days 1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S. 1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1954 Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20 1954 Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 Hurricane Carol, kills 68 1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica 1949 Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player, 2X world-champ 1944 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die 1944 Hurricane, kills 389 in NC 1944 Very strong hurricane hits Netherland 1944 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 1938 Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 1935 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft 1935 Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane 1935 A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic) 1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die 1928 Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 1926 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 1926 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250 1926 Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1926 Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372 1925 Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die 1921 Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon 1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta 1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1915 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed) 1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1894 Dutch coast hit by hurricane 1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC 1893 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi) 1891 Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die 1886 Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1877 Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador 1862 Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana 1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) 1831 Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die 1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1780 Barbados hurricane begins 1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica 1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane 1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships 1694 Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1666 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die 1635 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony 1551 Dutch west coast hit by hurricane 1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die 1163 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods |
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