Known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane is considered one of the most deadly storms in American history. A category five hurricane, an estimated 2,500 Americans ...

Thousands of people died in 1928 when a hurricane came ashore near West Palm Beach and slammed into Lake Okeechobee. The storm washed out a 6-foot earthen berm and pushed a wall of water out of ...

The Lake Okeechobee Hurricane, also known as the San Felipe Segundo Hurricane, struck South Florida as a strong Category 4 storm on September 16th, 1928. It cost over 4,078 lives — 2,500 in ...

Weather.gov shares that the "Okeechobee Hurricane" struck South Florida on Sept. 16 of 1928. Coastal Palm Beach County saw severe damage, especially in the Jupiter area where the eye wall of the ...

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Some of the costliest, too. From the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane to the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. From Betsy of 1965 to Hurricane Rita of 2005. From Hurricanes Irma and Maria of 2017 to Hurricane ...

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Lakeside communities are protected from storm-caused flooding that cost over 2,800 farmworkers their lives in 1926 and 1928 ... unknown for this hurricane season and Lake Okeechobee comes ...