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August 14, 1969 () Dissipated: August 22, 1969 () Category 5 major hurricane; 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) Highest winds: 175 mph (280 km/h) Lowest pressure: 900 mbar ; 26.58 inHg: Overall effects; Fatalities: 259 total: Damage: $1.42 billion (1969 USD) Areas affected
Aug 16, 2019 · Camille, a nightmare hurricane born of an unremarkable tropical wave during the dog days of 1969, dug its 175-mph winds into the shallow belly of the Gulf Coast pushing a storm surge two stories ...
Aug 17, 2023 · Fifty-four years ago, Hurricane Camille blasted the United States Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, making it one of the strongest storms to directly strike the United States in the 20th century. Camille’s origin is traced to a tropical wave that exited the coast of Africa on August 5, 1969.
May 13, 2024 · Hurricane Camille, hurricane (tropical cyclone), one of the strongest of the 20th century, that hit the United States in August 1969. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane struck the Mississippi River basin. As the storm moved inland across much of the southeastern United States and Appalachia, it caused severe flash flooding.
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May 11, 2011 · Date: August 1969. Significance: $1.4 billion in damages nationwide. Holmes says: Hurricane Camille made landfall in the Gulf, but Virginia was hit hardest. As Camille moved from the Gulf inland...
Aug 17, 2021 · On Sunday, August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille made landfall over Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as a Category 5 storm. Camille is the strongest named hurricane to ever hit the United States.
Hurricane Camille was the third and strongest tropical cyclone and second hurricane during the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. It smashed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the night of August 17, 1969, and carved a path of destruction until the early hours of 18 August.
