1920s: Okeechobee hurricane, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Florida, USA

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A monstrous Category 4 hurricane ravaged Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and the Gulf Coast in September 1928. In the US, the storm made landfall near West Palm Beach in Florida on 17 September, destroying many buildings in its wake. A storm surge caused Lake Okeechobee to flood, resulting in at least 2,500 people drowning and houses being swept away. 

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1920s: Okeechobee hurricane, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Florida, USA A monstrous Category 4 hurricane ravaged Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and the Gulf Coast in September 1928. In the US, the storm made landfall near West Palm Beach in Florida on 17 September, destroying many buildings in its wake. A storm surge caused Lake Okeechobee to flood, resulting in at least 2,500 people drowning and houses being swept away.