Hurricane Flora
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Hurricane Flora was an extremely deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of at least 7,193. The seventh tropical
Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, one of the many Haitian villages left in ruins, was about 85% destroyed.
Haitians isolated by Flora awaiting rescue. USS Lake Champlain and USS Thetis Bay launched marine helicopters that evacuated 347 storm victims and distributed 330,105 lb of relief supplies.
The 1963 Atlantic hurricane season was a catastrophic yet average season in terms of tropical cyclone formation, with a total of ten nameable storms. The season officially began on June 15, 1963, and
Hurricane Flora
…among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of at least 7,193. The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season, Flora developed from a disturbance in the Intertropical Convergence Zone on September 26 while located 755 miles (1,215 km) southwest of the Cape Verde…
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