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It started off the coast of Africa and moved west with the Trade winds. It first made landfall in the Bahamas and then struck Homestead, Florida as a category 5 hurricane. It weakened as it passed over the peninsula, then crossed the Gulf of Mexico and hit near Morgan City, LA.

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