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Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. It swept across the Caribbean and came ashore in the town of Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize), on October 31. It was a strong Category 4 hurricane at landfall. It had just weakened from a Category 5 right offshore. Hurricane Ivan viewed from the International Space Station, September 2004. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... A jack-o-lantern Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... Memorial Park, Belize City The Swing Bridge, Belize City Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. ... British Honduras was the former name of a British colony on the east coast of Central America, now the independent nation of Belize. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 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. ... Category 5 can refer to either: Category 5 cable used for carrying data Category 5 computer virus as classified by Symantec Corporation for the most severe threat level. ... Hattie destroyed parts of British Honduras, and killed an estimated 400 people. In the days after that storm, throngs of survivors numbering in the thousands roamed the streets for days digging about in the crumbled ruins in search of any kind of food. Violence also broke out in the aftermath of the storm, causing The British frigate, H.M.S. Troubridge, to land 125 officers and men to aid colony police in halting widespread looting and pillaging. Authorities hanged four looters in the center of town as an example and warning. Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... Hattie destroyed Belize City and forced the government to relocate to a new capital further inland to its present location in Belmopan. Also, some permament towns, such as Hattieville were formed from temporary shelters built for those made homeless by the hurricane. Memorial Park, Belize City The Swing Bridge, Belize City Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. ... City Seal Belmopan, estimated population 7,000, is the capital of Belize. ... Hattieville, sometimes also known as Hattiesville Village, is a town in the Belize District of the nation of Belize. ... Hattie held Category 5 intensity on the dates of October 30 and October 31, making it the latest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic basin. Category 5 can refer to either: Category 5 cable used for carrying data Category 5 computer virus as classified by Symantec Corporation for the most severe threat level. ... The name Hattie was retired the following year. See Also List of notable tropical cyclones Categories: Atlantic hurricanes This is a list of notable tropical cyclones, subdivided by basin and reason for notability. ...

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	Hurricane Hattie - definition of Hurricane Hattie in Encyclopedia (210 words) Hurricane Hattie was a powerful hurricane that hit Central America on Halloween, 1961. It was a Category 5 hurricane at landfall. Hattie destroyed Belize City and forced the government to relocate to a new capital further inland to its present location in Belmopan. Hurricane Hattie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (272 words) Hattie swept across the Caribbean and came ashore in the town of Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize), on October 31. Hattie held Category 5 intensity on the dates of October 30 and October 31, making it the latest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic basin. Hattie damaged Belize City badly enough to force the government to relocate to a new capital further inland: its present location in Belmopan.
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