Hurricane Donna - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane 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.
64 years ago today, Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc on the …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · On this day in 1960, one of the strongest and most damaging hurricanes in history struck the Eastern Shore. Hurricane Donna had formed off of Africa and moved across to enter the Gulf of Mexico after battering Cuba and South Florida’s coast before moving across Florida.
Hurricane Donna batters the Florida Keys - HISTORY
WEBNov 13, 2009 · On September 10, 1960, Hurricane Donna hits the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm. Having formed near Cape Verde off the African coast, it would go on to cause 150 deaths from Puerto Rico...
55th Anniversary of Hurricane Donna - NOAA's Atlantic …
WEBOn the morning of September 10, 1960, Hurricane Donna came roaring through the Florida Keys as it began its rampage up the east coast of the United States. Four days later it had affected every state along the Eastern Seaboard leaving an …
Hurricanes: Science and Society: 1960- Hurricane Donna
WEBHurricane Donna, a Cape Verde-type hurricane, was the only system to reach major intensity (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) during the 1960 hurricane season. It was first detected as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa on August 29, 1960.
Storm Tracks by Name: Hurricane Donna, 1960 - University of …
WEBMap of This map created by FCIT shows the track of hurricane Donna in 1960. The legend shows the different categories of hurricanes as follows: Cat 5 (dark red), Cat 4 (red), Cat 3 (orange), Cat 2 (yellow), Cat 1 (green), tropical storm (teal), tropical dep...
Donna - National Weather Service
WEBHurricane Donna, the first major hurricane in Florida since the Miami storm of October 1950, was first detected in the tropical North Atlantic on September 2. Donna then travelled for some 2000 miles mostly in a west-northwest direction through the extreme north-eastern Antilles, passing some 70 miles north of Puerto Rico, info the Florida Straits.
Stories from the news about Hurricane Donna, 49 years ago
WEBSep 10, 2009 · The eye of Hurricane Donna went directly over Bonita Springs and left three people there dead in its wake; winds were clocked at 168 mph in Naples and 123 mph in Fort Myers. As it sashayed northward, this most unladylike storm produced 11-foot surges and dumped 12 inches of rain along the coast.
Sept. 9-14, 1960: Hurricane Donna devastates Florida and the …
WEBSep 9, 2007 · Forty-seven years after Hurricane Donna carved out a path of death and destruction from the Leeward Islands to eastern Canada, the storm remains one of the strongest and most destructive ...
Hurricane Donna - September 3-12, 1960 - Weather Prediction …
WEBHurricane Donna - September 3-12, 1960. Hurricane Donna was first noted at hurricane strength on September 2 in the tropical north Atlantic. The cyclone. moved west-northwest for roughly 2000 miles passing through the extreme northeast Lesser Antilles, passing.