Hurricane Camille
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Highest wind speed | 280 km/h |
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Total fatalities | 259 |
Date | August 14, 1969 – August 22, 1969 |
Category | Category 5 Hurricane (SSHWS) |
Damage | $1. 42 billion (1969 USD) |
Affected areas | Cuba |
Alabama | |
Louisiana | |
Mississippi | |
East Coast of the United States | |
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ID | 1399846 |
About Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille was the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States. The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille originated as a tropical depression on August 14, south of Cuba, from a long-tracked tropical wave.