1928 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1928, and lasted until November 30, 1928. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
The 1928 season wasn’t very active, but was very eventful. Six tropical cyclones formed during the season. Four of those became hurricanes. Only one became a major hurricane.
Storms
A
Category 2 hurricane hit central
Florida near
Melbourne. Another hurricane hit southern
Cuba, weakened to a
tropical storm and grazed the southwest Florida coast, making landfall near
Apalachicola. A tropical storm hit
Mexico in early September.
Okeechobee Hurricane
- Main article: 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
The most notable storm of the season was the Okeechobee Hurricane (or San Felipe Segundo Hurricane). This
Cape Verde-type hurricane was the first recorded hurricane to reach
Category 5 intensity in the Atlantic basin. It began strengthening rapidly as it crossed the
Leeward Islands, killing hundreds in
Guadeloupe. Next it slammed into
Puerto Rico as a devastating Category 5 storm, causing catastrophic damage and killing at least 300. Hundreds more were killed throughout the rest of the
Caribbean and
Bahamas before the hurricane came ashore near
West Palm Beach, Florida as a Category 4 storm. Despite the catastrophic damage that resulted along coastal southeast Florida, relatively few deaths were reported in those areas; the storm's deadliest blow was on
Lake Okeechobee as the eyewall crossed. The
dike holding back the waters burst and a torrent of flooding water was sent rushing through into the Everglades and lake towns. At least 2,500 people died in Florida in what is the United States’ second deadliest hurricane and second deadliest natural disaster. The storm eventually its days as an
extratropical storm over western
New York that dissipated out over
Lake Erie in
Canada near
Toronto.
See also
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