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

Published on January 23, 2018 at 9:18 am by Bojana Petković in Lists, News

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11. Okeechobee Hurricane

Year: 1928

Maximum speed: 160 mph

Death toll: between 2,500-3,000

Damage cost: $25 million (around $400 million today)

Okeechobee Hurricane is an oldie, from the times when hurricanes weren’t given special names, so it is also known as San Felipe II or the Storm of ’28. The papers from the time report the lake had turned into a sea. Thousands of people lost their homes, and the insurance probably wasn’t as good as it is nowadays.

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