Hurricane Camille
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Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States when it hit southern Mississippi in August 1969. A devastating tropical cyclone, Camille was one of four
Hurricane Camille in the Gulf of Mexico on August 16
Two large ships – the Alamo Victory and the Hulda, beached in Gulfport, Mississippi
Richeliu Apartments before and after Hurricane Camille
Flooding damage at Howardsville, Virginia; the bridge formerly carried Virginia Route 626 over the Rockfish River.
Hurricane Betsy
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Hurricane Betsy was an intense, deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida, the Bahamas, and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965. The
Hurricane Camille
…also caused at least $1.42 billion in damages in the United States, making it the country's most expensive hurricane at the time, surpassing 1965's Hurricane Betsy. Before entering the Gulf of Mexico, Camille brought high winds and caused major river flooding to parts of Cuba, killing at least five people. After…
Betsy north of the Turks and Caicos Islands from TIROS VIII on September 4, 1965
Betsy prior to being upgraded to hurricane intensity on August 29.
A view from a Hurricane Hunter aircraft in the eye of Hurricane Betsy on September 3.
In the eye of Hurricane Betsy.