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SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1900 |
The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston TX. A tide fifteen feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons. The hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than thirty million dollars. Winds to 120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane. Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line. The hurricane claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area.
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SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1900 |
A killer hurricane, still ranked as one of the all-time worst U.S. disasters, destroys Galveston, TX as a 15-ft.storm surge and violent 120 mph winds sweep across the island port city. Between 6,000 and 10,000 of the city's 37,000 to 40,000 residents die, another 5000 are injured and 10,000 left homeless when the storm demolishes 3600 houses. Total losses reach $30 million, an incredibly large sum at the turn of the century.
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SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1888 |
Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region experienced freezing temperatures. Killer frosts resulted in a million dollars damage to crops in Maine.
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SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1970 |
A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1987 |
Thunderstorms produced more than seven inches of rain in Georgia. Four persons drowned, and two others suffered injury, as three couples attempted to cross Mills Stone Creek at Echols Mill in their automobile.
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SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1881 |
Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S. Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour.
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SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1933 |
A hurricane hit Brownsville TX killing forty persons and causing 12 million dollars damage.
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SEPTEMBER 5TH, 1950 |
Hurricane Easy produced the greatest 24 hour rainfall in U.S. weather records. The hurricane deluged Yankeetown, on the upper west coast of Florida, with 38.7 inches of rain.
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SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1939 |
A thunderstorm deluged Washington D.C. with 4.4 inches of rain in two hours. September of that year was very dry across much of the nation, and Washington D.C. received more rain in that two hour period than most other places in the country that entire month.
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SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1970 |
The greatest natural disaster of record for Arizona occurred. Unprecedented rains caused rivers in central Arizona to rise five to ten feet per hour, sweeping cars and buildings as far as 30 to 40 miles downstream. Flooding claimed the lives of 23 persons, mainly campers, and caused millions of dollars damage. Water crested 36 feet above normal near Sunflower AZ. Workman's Creek was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. Moisture from Pacific Tropical Storm Norma led to the severe flooding.
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SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1970 |
During the early evening hours, in the midst of a severe hailstorm at Coffeyville KS, a stone 17.5 inches in circumference and nearly two pounds in weight was recovered. It was the largest measured hailstone in U.S. weather records. Average stone size from the storm was five inches in diameter, with another stone reportedly eight inches in diameter.
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