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1926 Miami: The blow that broke the boom : The 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami. The death toll is estimated to be from 325 to perhaps as many as 800.
The "Great Miami" Hurricane was first spotted as a tropical wave located 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles on September 11th. The system moved quickly westward and intensified to hurricane strength as it moved to the north of Puerto Rico on the 15th. Winds were reported to be nearly 150 mph as the hurricane passed over the Turks Islands on the 16th and through the Bahamas on the 17th. Little in the way of meteorological information on the approaching hurricane was available to the Weather Bureau in Miami. As a result, hurricane warnings were not issued until midnight on September 18th, which gave the booming population of South Florida little notice of the impending disaster.
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∙ 12y ago1926 Miami: The blow that broke the boomThe 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami. The death toll is estimated to be from 325 to perhaps as many as 800.
Hurricanes are classified into five categories, based on their wind speeds and potential to cause damage.:: Category 1: Winds 74-95 miles per hour Category 2: Winds 96-110 miles per hourCategory 3: Winds 111-130 miles per hourCategory 4: Winds 131-155 miles per hourCategory 5: Winds greater than 155 miles per hour
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∙ 13y agoIn terms of death toll the worst hurricane to hit the U.S. as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed anywhere from 6,000 to 12,000 people.
In terms of property damage the worst hurricane to the the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which cases $81 billion in damage.
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∙ 10y agoIt depends on what part on which part of flordia your talking about. But the most powerful and deadly was the Key West Hurricane of 1919.
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