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The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was an extremely powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that struck the southeastern United States in early September 1935. For several decades it was: the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure, until surpassed by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988; the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of 1-minute sustained winds ...
- 423
- 185 mph (295 km/h)
- August 29, 1935
- $100 million (1935 USD)
Sep 8, 2017 · How a hurricane that hit the Florida Keys on September 2, 1935, killed hundreds of World War I veterans who were sent there as part of a work program. Learn about the mistakes, the rescue efforts, and the aftermath of the most intense hurricane on record in the U.S.
On September 2, 1935, Labor Day, the hurricane reached a peak intensity of 892 mb. The hurricane made landfall later that night as a Category 5 storm, crossing the Florida Keys between Key West and Miami, FL. As it made landfall, the hurricane delivered maximum sustained winds of approximately 298 km/h (185 mph).
Learn about the most powerful storm to ever hit the United States, which killed nearly half of the 1,000 people on the Florida Keys. Read about the tragic fate of the World War I veterans, the rescue efforts by Hemingway and others, and the impact on the Overseas Railway.
Aug 28, 2019 · Simply known as the Labor Day Storm, the 1935 hurricane was the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall and the first designated Category 5 hurricane to ever touch the United States.
Sep 7, 2017 · It was Labor Day, Sept. 2, 1935, when the nation’s first-recorded Category 5 hurricane struck the Florida Keys. The winds: between 200 and 250 miles per hour.The storm surge: 15 feet high.
Wea. Rev., 63, 269-271. The full life history of the hurricane that devastated some of the Florida Keys on the afternoon and night of Labor Day, September 2, 1935, covers almost 2 weeks. The first indications of conditions favorable to the origin of this disturbance were noted during the last 2 or 3 days of August, to the eastward and northward ...
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