15 Biggest, Deadliest, Most Devastating Hurricanes to Hit the United States

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2. Hurricane Labor Day

Year: 1935

Maximum speed: 185 mph

Death toll: 408

Damage cost: $6 million

The Labor Day storm or the Florida Keys is still talked about for a reason. Hemingway asked later: “Who killed the vets?” (actually, he wrote an article. 259 World War 1 veterans were living in three Civilian Conservation Corps camps while working on the Overseas Highway. Due to bad organization, the evacuation train was late, thus causing the death of war heroes.

Biggest, Deadliest, Most Devastating Hurricanes to Hit the United States

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