hio before dissipating, destroying 40,000 homes and killing 524.
Typhoon Ida, Japan – Sept. 27-28, 1958: Intense typhoon with 100 mph winds demolishes 244 bridges and washes away 1,000 homes, spawning over 1,800 landslides. 1800 people killed or missing, 120,000 acres of rice paddies drowned, 10,000 rendered homeless.
Hurricane Donna – Sept. 4-12, 1960: Furious storm with 150 mph winds, gusting up to 180 mph, devastates Puerto Rico, Florida Keys, moves up East Coast to Gulf of St. Lawrence. 143 killed, thousands of buildings demolished.
Two great cyclones obliterate East Pakistan – Oct. 1960: An estimated 14,000 people lose their lives to the storms. Winds reach 120 mph.
Hurricane Hattie – Oct. 31, 1961: 200 mph winds engulf Belize, 10 foot tidal waves. At least 400 people killed and thousands injured.
Hurricane winds in the North Sea Feb. 17, 1962: Causes massive, record flooding along Germany’s coast. Over 500 people die and 500,000 left homeless.
Gigantic cyclone devastates East Pakistan on May 28-29, 1963: Winds of 150 mph pummel the countryside for 15 hours. Estimated one million homes destroyed, 300,000 left homeless, 22,000 dead, whole islands swept bare, tidal waves reached inland up to three miles, four ocean liners swept a half-mile inland and dumped.
Destructive tornadoes, Midwest USA – April 11, 1965: Some 50 intense storms across the Midwest spawn at least 35 or more tornadoes that devastate large areas in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio within about 12 hours. Widespread associated flooding in seven states including Minnesota and Montana. 271 persons killed and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
Hurricane Inez, Caribbean – Sept. 24-30, 1966: The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba are devastated by 160 mph winds. Thousands are killed by being washed into mountain gorges in Haiti, creating vast piles of corpses. Hundreds more are killed throughout Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Intense storm, destructive flood, Florence Italy – Nov. 4-6, 1966: 90 mph winds combined with torrential rains engulf the Arno and Po rivers causing massive floods to overwhelm Florence and Venice, destroying millions of dollars’ worth of art and priceless historic documents, 13,000 shops, and killing 113 people.
Record Floods in Gujarat India – Aug. 7-14, 1968: More than 1,000 people drown, vast areas of land submerged under 10 feet of water for more than a week. 80,000 head of cattle drown, then carcasses rot in the streets.
Intense rains, landslides in Southern California – Jan. 18-26, 1969: Powerful storm dumps torrential rains on Southern California, causing massive landslides which kill 95 people. More than 100 boats sink, $138 million in damage.
Hurricane Camille, Southern U.S. – Aug. 17-19, 1969: Costliest storm up to this date in the U.S., 218 mph winds devastate Louisiana and Mississippi, thousands left homeless, over one billion dollars in damages. Storm stalls over Virginia, dumping up to 46 inches of rain in only six hours over the headwaters of the James River. Nelson County, VA is virtually erased when an estimated 630 million tons of water is dumped on it by the storm. 1000’s of landslides, dead and rotting animal carcasses. Noise from storm measured at 120 decibels.
Compiled by Randall W. Carlson, 2009
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