Weather and Climate: Florida Hurricanes

caused extensive storm surge damage to the coastal areas near Pensacola Beach

"extensive agricultural damage in south Florida"

"an estimated $26 billion damage in the United States making it the most expensive natural disaster in United States history"

"produced the most tornadoes, the most F2 and greater tornadoes, and the most death/injury producing tornadoes of any outbreak in Florida history"

4 Florida deaths; >$100 million damage

"the first major hurricane in Florida since the Miami storm of October 1950"

"An American Red Cross report lists the death toll at 408, the majority of which were veterans working on a construction project for the Works Progress Administration."

"the second worst natural disaster as far as number of people killed in U.S. history"

"the Red Cross reported that 372 persons had died in the storm and over 6,000 persons were injured. Damages in 1926 dollars were estimated at $105 million, which would be more than $100 billion in today's dollars"