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The Great Miami Hurricane (sometimes called the "Big Blow") was a destructive and intense hurricane that battered Miami, Florida in 1926. Born off Cape Verde on September 6, the hurricane roamed the Atlantic Ocean and passed near St. Kitts on the 14th. By the 17th it was battering the Bahamas. Then in the early moring hours of the 18th it made landfall just south of Miami in between Coral Gables and South Miami as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The storm then made landfall near Mobile, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane. Image File history File links Summary Path of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. ...
September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
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State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd) - Land 137,374 km² - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...
State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Official languages English Area 84,360 mi²/135,765 km² (30th) - Land 81,664 mi²/131,426 km² - Water 2,696 mi²/4,338 km² (3. ...
The 1926 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
Hurricane Ivan viewed from the International Space Station, September 2004. ...
City nickname: The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location Location of Miami in the State of Florida Government County Miami-Dade Mayor Manuel “Manny†Diaz (R) Physical characteristics Area Land Water 54 km² 35. ...
1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
Saint Kitts (also/previously known as Saint Christopher) is an island in the Caribbean. ...
September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). ...
September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ...
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
Coral Gables is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ...
Nickname: The Azalea City Location in Alabama Founded -Incorporated 1702 1814 County Mobile County Mayor Mike Dow Area - Total - Water 412. ...
At first landfall, winds on the ground were reported around 125 mph and the pressure measured at 935 mb (though all such data is suspect). Most of the coastal inhabitants had not evacutated, partly because of short warning (a hurricane warning was issued just a few hours before landfall) and partly because the "young" city's population knew little about the danger a major hurricane posed. A 15 foot storm surge inundated the area, causing massive property damage and some fatalities. As the eye of the hurricane crossed over Miami Beach and downtown Miami, many people believed the storm had passed. Some tried to leave the barrier islands, only to be swept off of the bridges by the rear eyewall. Graphic illustrating storm surge. ...
Miami Beach is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...
Inland, Lake Okeechobee experienced a high storm surge, flooding the town of Moore Haven and killing many. This was just a prelude to the 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane which would cause a massive number of fatalities around the lake. Lake Okeechobee, locally referred to as Lake O, The Big Lake, or simply The Lake is a freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. ...
Graphic illustrating storm surge. ...
Moore Haven is a city located in Glades County, Florida. ...
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After crossing Florida, the hurricane moved into the Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall a second time near the border of Florida and Alabama. Coastal regions between Mobile and Pensacola, Florida suffered heavy damage from wind, rain, and storm surge, but this paled beside the news of the destruction in Miami. State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd) - Land 137,374 km² - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...
State nickname: Camellia State, The Heart of Dixie¹, Yellowhammer State Other U.S. States Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Governor Bob Riley (R) Official languages English Area 84,360 mi²/135,765 km² (30th) - Land 81,664 mi²/131,426 km² - Water 2,696 mi²/4,338 km² (3. ...
This article is about the inland city of Pensacola. ...
According to the Red Cross there were 373 fatalities. Other estimates vary, since there were a large number of people listing as "missing". Between 25,000 and 50,000 people were left homeless, mostly in the Miami area. The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
The damage from the storm was immense; few buildings in Miami or Miami Beach were left intact. The toll for the storm was $100 million in 1926 dollars, just over $1 billion in 2005 dollars. It is estimated that if it had hit in the year 2003, with modern development and prices, the storm would have caused over $98 billion in damage. [1]. After the hurricane the Great Depression started in South Florida, slowing recovery. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to approximately 1939. ...
In a bit of historical trivia, the University of Miami had been founded in 1925 and opened its doors for the first time just days after the hurricane passed. In memory of this catastrophe, the university's sports teams go by the name Hurricanes. This is an article about the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. ...
This is an article about the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. ...
See Also This is a list of notable tropical cyclones, subdivided by basin and reason for notability. ...
The following is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. ...
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