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Camille was a small hurricane as it crossed western Cuba, and its winds decreased slightly to 105 mph (169 km/h) over land before it emerged into the Gulf of Mexico. [6] This New Orleans WSR-57 radar image of Hurricane Camille was taken less than 50 miles from its center on August 17 1969 at 10 p.m. CST
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Radar image of Hurricane Camille on August 17. The 1969 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1. [1] Of the twenty-three tropical cyclones that developed in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1969, eighteen of them intensified into tropical storms; [2] this was above the 1950–2000 average of 9.6 named storms. [3]
In 1969, Hurricane Camille dropped 27 inches of rain on Nelson County, Va., in just six hours. ... Read More: See Photos of Hurricane Helene’s Devastation in North Carolina.
The only hurricane that was more intense was the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane which hit the Florida Keys. Camille was so intense, Libby Hartfield of Bolton thought there was a good chance she and her ...
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The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille slammed into Mississippi just before midnight on Aug. 17. The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened ...
August 18, 1969– Hurricane Camille strikes southern Mississippi as a Category 5 hurricane, with its large wind field producing a 71 mph (114 km/h) wind gust and 3.55 inches (90 mm) of rain in Pensacola. [38] The hurricane causes minor crop damage to pecan trees and corn stalks. [39]