1954 : Hurricane Hazel Killed Hundreds In Haiti, The US And Canada

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1. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 10:00 am

   “THE HURRICANE IN WEST INDIES.
   The hurricane recently devastating the West Indies raged for seven hours, and was the worst experienced since 1831. Six hundred deaths are reported, and 10,000 huts were destroyed.
   In Barbadoes there are now 50,000 men, women, and children homeless. At Saint Vincent 41,000 people are shelterless and foodless.”
   ~19 Sept 1898
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9430952?

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2. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 10:09 am

   “BURIED IN MUD.
   TOWN PARTLY DESTROYED.
   Malaga the Spanish seaport town, capital of the province of the same name, has been visited by a flood, the worst since 1628.”
   ~16 Nov 1907
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5106965?

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3. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 10:14 am

   “STORMY WEATHER IN BRITAIN.
   Not perhaps since “the worst storm of the century” in 1895 has the United Kingdom generally suffered so much from abnormal weather and gales as was the case on Saturday (wrote our London correspondent on February 28).”
   ~1 April 1908
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/56457352?

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4. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 10:59 am

   “TORNADO IN FLORIDA.
   AMERICA’S WORST DISASTER SINCE THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE.
   As the result of a devastating tornado, followed by tidal wave and floods which have swept over Florida fifteen lives were lost and over twenty thousand have been injured whilst thirty thousand are homeless. It is estimated that more than £20,000,000 worth of damage has been done at Miami alone. The disaster is the worst experienced in America since the San Francisco earthquake.”
   ~24 Sept 1926
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48024200?

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5. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 11:06 am

   …meanwhile, not far away:
   HURRICANE IN MEXICO – THE WORST FOR 30 YEARS.
   SEVERAL SHIPS SUNK.
   MEXICO CITY, September 28.
   Vera Graz was swept to-day by the most devastating hurricane since 1888.”
   ~28 Sept 1926
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/29460565?

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6. Ivan says:

   August 21, 2011 at 11:30 am

   “ST. LOUIS CYCLONE.
   WORST SINCE 1896. SIXTY-NINE DEATHS.
   Damage Exceeds £20,000,000.
   The storm was the most destructive since that of May 27, 1896, when 140 were killed.”
   ~1 Oct 1927
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32055723?

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