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1928 Okeechobee hurricane, the Glossary

The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the 1900 Galveston hurricane, 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, and Hurricane Maria.^[1]

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Agkistrodon piscivorus

Agkistrodon piscivorus is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae.

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Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Aguadilla, founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela.

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Ambergris Cay

Big Ambergris Cay is a private residential island and, since 2019, home to Ambergris Cay Private Island Resort.

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American Red Cross

The American National Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.

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Anemometer

In meteorology, an anemometer is a device that measures wind speed and direction.

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Antigua

Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.

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Antitoxin

An antitoxin is an antibody with the ability to neutralize a specific toxin.

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Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola is a city and the county seat of Franklin County, Florida, United States, on the shore of Apalachicola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project

The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks to correct and add new information about past North Atlantic hurricanes.

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Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.

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Bartow, Florida

Bartow is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States.

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Belle Glade, Florida

Belle Glade is a city in south-central Florida and it is the far western part of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee.

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Berm

A berm is a level space, shelf, or raised barrier (usually made of compacted soil) separating areas in a vertical way, especially partway up a long slope.

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Bimini

Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami.

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Boca Grande, Florida

Boca Grande is a small residential community on Gasparilla Island in southwest Florida.

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Boca Raton, Florida

Boca Raton (Boca Ratón) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Boynton Beach, Florida

Boynton Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Canal Point, Florida

Canal Point is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Cape Verde

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Clare of Assisi

Chiara Offreduccio (16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253), known as Clare of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Chiara d'Assisi), was an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi.

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Clewiston, Florida

Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, United States.

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Coffea

Coffea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico)

The Cordillera Central (English: Central Mountain Range), is the main mountain range in Puerto Rico.

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Cyprian and Justina

Saints Cyprian and Justina (Greek: Κυπριανός & Ίουστίνη) are honored in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy as Christians of Antioch, who in 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution, suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) on September 26.

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Cyriacus

Cyriacus (Kyriakos, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution.

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Dakar

Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington is a city located in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.

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Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

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Deerfield Beach, Florida

Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line.

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Delray Beach, Florida

Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dominica

Dominica (or; Dominican Creole French: Dominik; Kalinago: Waitukubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada (Est du Canada, also the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay/Hudson Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

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Edisto Island

Edisto Island is one of South Carolina's Sea Islands, the larger part of which lies in Charleston County, with its southern tip in Colleton County.

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Eleuthera

Eleuthera refers both to a single island in the archipelagic state of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and to its associated group of smaller islands.

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Eliot Kleinberg

Eliot Kleinberg is an author and a retired (December 2020) news and features writer for the Palm Beach Post in Palm Beach County, Florida.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Eugenia of Rome

Eugenia of Rome (died c AD 258) was an early Christian Roman martyr whose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in the Roman Catholic Church, on December 24 (January 6, New Style) in the Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Church, and on January 23 in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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European colonization of the Americas

During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century.

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Everglades

The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm.

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Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth.

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Eye (cyclone)

The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of a tropical cyclone.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Florida East Coast Railway

The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México.

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Florida Southern College

Florida Southern College (Florida Southern, Southern or FSC) is a private university in Lakeland, Florida.

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.

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Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States.

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Fort Pierce, Florida

Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Grand Turk Island

Grand Turk is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies.

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Great Hurricane of 1780

The Great Hurricane of 1780 was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, as well as the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and Great Hurricane of 1780 are category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, hurricanes in Dominica, hurricanes in Guadeloupe, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.

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Guayama, Puerto Rico

Guayama, officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama (Municipio Autónomo de Guayama), is a city and municipality on the Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico.

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Gulf Stream Hotel

The Gulf Stream Hotel is a historic hotel in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.

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Henry Flagler

Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio.

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.

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Herbert Hoover Dike

The Herbert Hoover Dike is a dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee in Florida. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and Herbert Hoover Dike are lake Okeechobee.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (also) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles.

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History of tropical cyclone naming

The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin.

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Hollywood, Florida

Hollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.

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Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and hurricane Andrew are cape Verde hurricanes and category 5 Atlantic hurricanes.

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Hurricane Betsy (1956)

Hurricane Betsy, known as Hurricane Santa Clara in Puerto Rico, was the first North Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico in 24 years. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and hurricane Betsy (1956) are hurricanes in Îles des Saintes, hurricanes in Dominica, hurricanes in Guadeloupe, hurricanes in Montserrat, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Bahamas, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Hurricane Donna

Hurricane Donna, known in Puerto Rico as Hurricane San Lorenzo, was the strongest hurricane of the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season, and caused severe damage to the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, and the East Coast of the United States, especially Florida, in August–September. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and hurricane Donna are cape Verde hurricanes, hurricanes in Florida, hurricanes in Guadeloupe, hurricanes in Montserrat, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Bahamas, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands, hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in early September 2017. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and hurricane Irma are cape Verde hurricanes, category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, hurricanes in Florida, hurricanes in Montserrat, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Bahamas, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands, hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and hurricane Maria are category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, hurricanes in Îles des Saintes, hurricanes in Dominica, hurricanes in Guadeloupe, hurricanes in Montserrat, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Hurricane of 1928 African-American Mass Burial Site

The Hurricane of 1928 African-American Mass Burial Site (also known as Pauper's Cemetery) is a pauper's cemetery and mass grave in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Hurricane Research Division

The Hurricane Research Division (HRD) is a section of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida, and is the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) focus for tropical cyclone research.

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.

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Isabela, Puerto Rico

Isabela is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the north-western region of the island, north of San Sebastián; west of Quebradillas; and east of Aguadilla and Moca.

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Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort city in Duval County, Florida, United States.

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Jacksonville metropolitan area

The Jacksonville Metropolitan Area, also called the First Coast, Metro Jacksonville, or Northeast Florida, is the metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Jacksonville, Florida and including the First Coast of North Florida.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John W. Martin

John Wellborn Martin (June 21, 1884 – February 22, 1958) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of Florida, from 1925 to 1929.

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Joseph T. Robinson

Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas.

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Jupiter Inlet Light

The Jupiter Inlet Light is located in Jupiter, Florida, on the north side of the Jupiter Inlet. The site for the lighthouse was chosen in 1853. It is located between Cape Canaveral Light and Hillsboro Inlet Light. The lighthouse was designed by then Lieutenant George G. Meade of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers.

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Jupiter, Florida

Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Key West

Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida.

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La Querida (mansion)

La Querida is a residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Lake Wales, Florida

Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida.

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Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Lake Worth Beach, previously named Lake Worth, is a city in east-central Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located about north of Miami.

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Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.

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Lantana, Florida

Lantana is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Lawrence Justinian

Lawrence Justinian (Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456) was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice.

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes

Category 4 hurricanes are tropical cyclones that reach Category 4 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson scale.

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List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

A Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes are category 5 Atlantic hurricanes.

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List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes

This is a list of the costliest Atlantic hurricanes, with US$1 billion (nominal) in property damage, broadly capturing the severity of the damage each tropical cyclone has caused.

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List of disasters in the United States by death toll

This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed.

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List of Florida hurricanes

Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and List of Florida hurricanes are hurricanes in Florida.

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List of governors of Florida

The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Lists of Atlantic hurricanes

Lists of Atlantic hurricanes, or tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, are organized by the properties of the hurricane or by the location most affected.

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Mar-a-Lago

Mar-a-Lago (Sea-to-Lake) is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Marjorie Merriweather Post

Marjorie Merriweather Post (March 15, 1887 – September 12, 1973) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and Marjorie Merriweather Post are mar-a-Lago.

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Martin County, Florida

Martin County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida, in the United States.

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Martinique

Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Maximum sustained wind

The maximum sustained wind associated with a tropical cyclone is a common indicator of the intensity of the storm.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Migrant worker

A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work.

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Monthly Weather Review

The Monthly Weather Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.

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Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.

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Moore Haven, Florida

Moore Haven is a city in, and the county seat of, Glades County, Florida, United States.

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Narcissus of Jerusalem

Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem (– c. 216) was an early patriarch of Jerusalem.

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Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas.

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National Academies Press

The US National Academies Press (NAP) was created to publish the reports issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information.

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National Weather Service Miami, Florida

The National Weather Service Miami, Florida is a local weather forecast office of the National Weather Service (NWS) that serves six counties in South Florida – Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach – as well as the mainland portion of Monroe County.

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Nevis

Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in Virginia, United States.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Okeechobee County, Florida

Okeechobee County is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the state of Florida.

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Okeechobee, Florida

Okeechobee is a city in and the county seat of Okeechobee County, Florida, United States.

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Okeelanta, Florida

Okeelanta is an unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, located approximately 4 miles (7 km) south of South Bay on U.S. Route 27 at County Road 827.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Pahokee, Florida

Pahokee is a city located on the shore of Lake Okeechobee in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Palm City, Florida

Palm City is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.

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Plymouth, Montserrat

Plymouth is a ghost town and the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies.

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Pompano Beach, Florida

Pompano Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States.

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Pope Callixtus I

Pope Callixtus I (Greek: Κάλλιστος), also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from to his death or 223.

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Port Mayaca, Florida

Port Mayaca (pronounced port my-ak-kuh) is a sparsely populated place located in western Martin County, Florida, United States, on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Puerta de Tierra, San Juan

Puerta de Tierra is a subbarrio (subdistrict) occupying the eastern portion of the Islet of San Juan and the ''barrio'' of San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico

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Punta Rassa, Florida

Punta Rassa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States.

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Rodman Wanamaker

Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune.

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Royal Poinciana Hotel

The Royal Poinciana Hotel was a Gilded Age hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, United States.

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Rum Cay

Rum Cay (formerly known as Mamana and Santa Maria de la Concepción) is an island and district of the Bahamas.

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Saffir–Simpson scale

The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms—into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.

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Saint Croix

Saint Croix (Santa Cruz; Sint-Kruis; Sainte-Croix; Danish and Sankt Croix; Ay Ay) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher, is an island in the West Indies.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles.

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Saint-François, Guadeloupe

Saint-François (Senfwanswa) is a town and commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, located in the southeast point of the main island of Grande-Terre.

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Salem, Montserrat

Salem is the most populous town in Montserrat, a British overseas territory in the West Indies, situated on the western coast of the island, in St Peter Parish.

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Saltwater intrusion

Saltwater intrusion is the movement of saline water into freshwater aquifers, which can lead to groundwater quality degradation, including drinking water sources, and other consequences.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan (Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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San Salvador Island

San Salvador Island, previously Watling's Island, is an island and district of the Bahamas, famed for being the probable location of Christopher Columbus's first landing of the Americas on 12 October 1492 during his first voyage.

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Savannah metropolitan area

The Savannah metropolitan area, officially named the Savannah metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Sebring, Florida

Sebring is a city in south-central Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Shade tree

A shade tree is a large tree whose primary role is to provide shade in the surrounding environment due to its spreading canopy and crown, where it may give shelter from sunlight in the heat of the summer for people who seek recreational needs in urban parks and house yards, and thus, also protecting them from the sun's harmful UV rays.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Soil mechanics

Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils.

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South Bay, Florida

South Bay is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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South Florida

South Florida, sometimes colloquially shortened to SoFlo, is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida.

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St. Lucie River

The St.

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Storm surge

A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones.

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Stuart, Florida

Stuart is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Florida, United States.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.

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Surface weather analysis

Surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations.

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Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times, called the St.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Taylor Creek, Florida

Taylor Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States.

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Telegraphy

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Breakers (hotel)

The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms.

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The Tampa Tribune

The Tampa Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in and the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, United States.

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Treasure Coast Newspapers

TCPalm is the digital news site for Treasure Coast Newspapers, the largest daily news operation on the Treasure Coast of southeastern Florida.

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Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies.

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U.S. Route 98 in Florida

U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is a major east-west thoroughfare through the U.S. state of Florida.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a not-for-profit university press associated with the University of North Carolina.

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Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands (Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.

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Weather front

A weather front is a boundary separating air masses for which several characteristics differ, such as air density, wind, temperature, and humidity.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach is a city in and the county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.

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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker.

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1867 San Narciso hurricane

The San Narciso Hurricane was the ninth and last known hurricane of the 1867 Atlantic hurricane season. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1867 San Narciso hurricane are hurricanes in Puerto Rico.

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1876 San Felipe hurricane

The San Felipe Hurricane was the second tropical cyclone of the 1876 Atlantic hurricane season. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1876 San Felipe hurricane are hurricanes in Puerto Rico.

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1899 San Ciriaco hurricane

The 1899 San Ciríaco hurricane, also known as the 1899 Puerto Rico Hurricane or The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1899, was the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record, and the third-longest-lived tropical cyclone globally on record (in terms of tropical duration) after 1994's Hurricane John in the Pacific Ocean and 2023's Cyclone Freddy in the southern Indian Ocean. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane are cape Verde hurricanes, hurricanes in Îles des Saintes, hurricanes in Dominica, hurricanes in Guadeloupe, hurricanes in Montserrat, hurricanes in Puerto Rico, hurricanes in the Bahamas, hurricanes in the Leeward Islands, hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands and hurricanes in the United States Virgin Islands.

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1900 Galveston hurricane

The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1900 Galveston hurricane are cape Verde hurricanes.

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1926 Miami hurricane

The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area of Florida and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 1926, accruing a US$100 million damage toll. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1926 Miami hurricane are hurricanes in Florida and lake Okeechobee.

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1928 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season was a near average hurricane season in which seven tropical cyclones developed. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1928 Atlantic hurricane season are 1920s Atlantic hurricane seasons and 1928 meteorology.

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1928 United States presidential election

The 1928 United States presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928.

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1932 San Ciprián hurricane

The 1932 San Ciprián hurricane was one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the history of Puerto Rico. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1932 San Ciprián hurricane are hurricanes in Puerto Rico.

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1938 New England hurricane

The 1938 New England Hurricane (also referred to as the Great New England Hurricane and the Long Island Express Hurricane) was one of the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclones to strike the United States. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane and 1938 New England hurricane are cape Verde hurricanes and category 5 Atlantic hurricanes.

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1992 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1992 Atlantic hurricane season was a significantly below average season for overall tropical or subtropical cyclones as only ten formed.

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References

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