1831 Barbados Hurricane With 200 MPH Winds

“Retired meteorologist, Deighton Best, said the hurricane which struck on August 10, 1831 was perhaps the most powerful ever to hit Barbados. “I would rate the winds at 200 miles per hour”

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“It passed over the ill fated island of Barbados on the night of the 10th inst. and in eight hours left it desolate, covered with ruins and dead bodies

Private letters estimate the number of lives lost at between four and five thousand”

Macon Telegraph, Sep 17, 1831, p. 7 | NewspaperArchive

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