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World—Disasters—Major StormsOther Hurricanes
- 1780
- Oct. 10–16, Barbados, West Indies: “The Great Hurricane of 1780” killed 20,000–22,000 people and completely flattened the islands of Barbados, Martinique, and St. Eustatius; is the deadliest western hemisphere hurricane on record.
- 1926
- Oct. 20, Cuba: powerful hurricane killed 650.
- 1930
- Sept. 3, Dominican Republic: hurricane killed about 8,000 people.
- 1955
- Sept. 19, Mexico: “Hilda” took 200 lives.
- Sept. 22–28, Caribbean: “Janet” killed 200 in Honduras and 300 in Mexico.
- 1961
- Oct. 31, British Honduras: “Hattie” devastated capital Belize, killed at least 400.
- 1963
- Oct. 2–7, Caribbean: “Flora” killed about 7,200 in Haiti and Cuba.
- 1966
- Sept. 24–30, Caribbean area: “Inez” killed 293.
- 1974
- Sept. 14–19, Honduras: “Fifi” struck northern part of country, leaving 8,000 dead and 100,000 homeless.
- 1988
- Sept. 12–17, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: “Gilbert” took at least 260 lives and caused some 39 tornadoes in Tex.
- 1997
- Oct. 8–10, southern Mexico: “Pauline” devastated resort city of Acapulco and villages along the coast in states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, leaving 217 dead and 20,000 homeless.
- 1998
- Sept. 20–29, Caribbean, Fla. Keys, and Gulf Coast: “Georges” killed about 600 people, mostly in Dominican Republic. Damage estimated to be $5 billion, including $2 billion in Puerto Rico.
- Oct. 26–Nov. 4, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala: “Mitch” killed more than 14,500 people, becoming the deadliest Atlantic storm in 200 years. Two to three million people were left homeless; damages were more than $5 billion.
- 2004
- Sept. 18, Haiti: Floods from tropical storm “Jeanne” killed more than 2,400 in Haiti and left 300,000 homeless.
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