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Other Hurricanes
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1780
- Oct. 10–16, Barbados, West Indies: “The
Great Hurricane of 1780” killed 20,000–22,000 people and
completely flattened the islands of Barbados, Martinique, and St. Eustatius; it is the
deadliest Western Hemisphere hurricane on record.
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1926
- Oct. 20, Cuba: powerful hurricane killed 650.
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1930
- Sept. 3, Dominican Republic: hurricane killed about
8,000 people.
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1955
- Sept. 19, Mexico: “Hilda” took 200
lives.
- Sept. 22–28, Caribbean: “Janet”
killed 200 in Honduras and 300 in Mexico.
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1961
- Oct. 31, British Honduras: “Hattie”
devastated capital of Belize, killing at least 400.
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1963
- Oct. 2–7, Caribbean: “Flora”
killed about 7,200 in Haiti and Cuba.
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1966
- Sept. 24–30, Caribbean area:
“Inez” killed 293.
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1974
- Sept. 14–19, Honduras: “Fifi”
struck northern part of country, leaving 8,000 dead and 100,000
homeless.
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1988
- Sept. 12–17, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of
Mexico: “Gilbert” took at least 260 lives and
caused some 39 tornadoes in Tex.
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1997
- Oct. 8–10, southern Mexico:
“Pauline” devastated resort city of Acapulco and villages
along the coast in states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, leaving 217
dead and 20,000 homeless.
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1998
- Sept. 20–29, Caribbean, Fla. Keys, and Gulf
Coast: “George” killed about 600 people, mostly in
Dominican Republic. Damage estimated to be $5 billion, including $2
billion in Puerto Rico.
- Oct. 26–Nov. 4, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Guatemala: “Mitch” killed more than 14,500 people,
becoming the deadliest Atlantic storm in 200 years. Two to three million
people were left homeless; damages were more than $5 billion.
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2004
- Sept. 18, Haiti: Floods from tropical storm
“Jeanne” killed more than 2,400 in Haiti and left 300,000
homeless.
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2007
- Aug. 13–23, Caribbean and Mexico: “Dean,” a
category 5 hurricane with winds reaching 150 mph, took 32 lives and
caused more than $200 million in damage.
- Aug. 31–Sept. 5, Caribbean, Nicaragua, and Honduras:
“Felix,” a category 5 hurricane with winds reaching 150 mph,
took at least 130 lives and left 70 others missing.
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2008
- Aug. 28–Sept. 2, Caribbean and Gulf Coast: "Gustav"
killed at least 137 people and injured many more when it made landfall
in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Thousands were left homeless and
without food and water. In the U.S., "Gustav" forced the entire city of
New Orleans to evacuate and left 26 people dead in three states.
- Sept. 7–8, Haiti, Cuba, Turks and Caicos islands:
“Ike,” a category 2 hurricane with winds reaching 120 mph,
took at least 61 lives in Haiti, left more than 80% of homes destroyed
on Turks and Caicos islands, and caused four deaths and 800,000 people
to evacuate their homes in Cuba.
- Nov. 8, Cuba: “Paloma,” a category 3 hurricane
with winds reaching 120 mph, forced more than 300,000 people in Cuba to
evacuate their homes and caused about $9.4 billion in damages.
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