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The Great Labor Day Storm Lasted 13 days August 29th-September 10th 1935 Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend,

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1 The Great Labor Day Storm Lasted 13 days August 29th-September 10th 1935 Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend, Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia

2 Wind speed 892 millibars (third lowest pressure on record) 185 mph winds (third highest on record) Category 5 Storm surges of 20ft

3 Damages 400-600 people killed $6 million in damage $ 69 million today Transportation railroad from Keys to mainland was destroyed

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5 Storm path

6 Storm Path Hurricane formed East of the Bahamas Intensified and Peaked September 2 near Craig Key It weakened as it followed the west coast moving NE over Georgia and the Carolinas out to Greenland on Sept. 10th


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