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- The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area of Florida and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 1926, accruing a US$ 100 million damage toll.
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The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 [1] was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area of Florida and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 1926, accruing a US$ 100 million damage toll.
- 372–539+
- 150 mph (240 km/h)
- September 11, 1926
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was of classic Cape Verde origin, first known to the Weather Bureau from ship reports in the central tropical Atlantic on September 11. It passed north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, avoiding normal channels of Caribbean information.
On September 15, 1926, the National Weather Bureau issued warnings of three large tropical storms building in the Caribbean. The warnings fell not on deaf, but uncomprehending ears. The "Big...
The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area of Florida and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 1926, accruing a US$100 million damage toll.
Sep 19, 1993 · Born near the Cape Verde Islands off Africa on Sept. 6, 1926, the storm moved across the Atlantic and into the Caribbean. It was reported off St. Kitts on Sept. 14. Two days later it had...
A pictorial history of the Florida hurricane, September 18, 1926. City, County, and Regional Histories E-Book Collection. Impact on Florida. The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was one of the most destructive hurricanes in Florida’s history, and the second costliest in US history.
Deaths: 372. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Great Miami Hurricane was a category 4 storm when it struck Miami on September 18th of 1926, virtually destroying the city. Storm tides in Miami ranged from 7.5 to 11.7 feet.
