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The Great Labor Day Storm •Lasted 13 days August 29th-September 10th 1935 •Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane •Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend, Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
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The Great Labor Day Storm•Lasted 13 days
August 29th-September 10th 1935
•Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane•Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend, Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
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Wind speed•892 millibars (third lowest pressure
on record)185 mph winds (third highest on
record)Category 5
Storm surges of 20ft
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Damages•400-600 people killed• $6 million in damage $69 million today
•Transportation railroad from Keys to mainland was destroyed
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Storm path
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Storm Path
•Hurricane formed East of the Bahamas•Intensified and Peaked September 2 near
Craig Key•It weakened as it followed the west coast moving NE over Georgia and the Carolinas
out to Greenland on Sept. 10th