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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale ... August 15 as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Camille was a small hurricane as ...
Track Map of Hurricane Audrey, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1957. Hurricane Audrey. Year: ... Severe Pavement Damage of Eastbound Lanes of U.S. Highway 90 From Hurricane Camille, 1969. Hurricane Camille.
This made Camille the strongest hurricane to strike the state, and the second strongest to make landfall in the continental United States, behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. [18] Camille brought a major storm surge to much of the coastline, peaking at 24.6 ft in Pass Christian. Further inland, Camille continued to produce hurricane-force ...
Allen's pressure was measured at 899 mbar. Hurricane Camille is the sixth strongest hurricane on record. Camille is the only storm to have been moved down the list due to post-storm analysis. Camille was originally recognized as the fifth strongest hurricane on record, but was dropped to the seventh strongest in 2014, with an estimated pressure ...
Hurricane Camille in 1969. ... The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. It caused an estimated $1.42 billion in damages ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
At the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Director Robert Simpson examined the destruction in the Gulf and decided that the U.S. needed a much simpler warning system for hurricane strength.
Mississippi bore the brunt of Hurricane Camille. A combination of strong winds—estimated at up to 200 mph (320 km/h) in gusts—and large storm surges caused adverse impact in the state. In Mississippi alone, 3,881 dwellings were destroyed and 41,848 were damaged. About 406 trailers were destroyed and an additional 325 suffered major losses.