From Mitch and Sandy to Wilma and Hazel, deadly and destructive October hurricanes have left their mark over the decades.
Hundreds of people died on Sept. 21, 1938, when one of the most destructive hurricanes of the 20th century crashed ashore in New England. The unnamed storm, often nicknamed the Long Island Express, ...
While September is typically peak hurricane season, four of the biggest hurricane records were set in October.
The 1900 Storm Memorial by David Moore sits atop the Galveston Seawall. In 1900, Galveston experienced what is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in American history when a category 4 ...
NEW ORLEANS — In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history. Forming over the Bahamas as a tropical depression on August 23, ...
As many as 3,000 people died as the dikes around Lake Okeechobee gave way to a wall of water, 20 feet in some places.
The strongest hurricanes in Atlantic Basin history span the gamut from the Great Depression to present day. Improvements in technology, including satellites and Hurricane Hunter aircraft instruments, ...