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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, Florida Panhandle, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
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Page 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,

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

Page 2: The Great Labor Day Storm Lasted 13 days August 29th-September 10th 1935 Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend,

Wind speed•892 millibars (third lowest pressure

on record)185 mph winds (third highest on

record)Category 5

Storm surges of 20ft

Page 3: The Great Labor Day Storm Lasted 13 days August 29th-September 10th 1935 Third Strongest Atlantic Hurricane Areas hit: Bahamas, Florida Keys, Big Bend,

Damages•400-600 people killed• $6 million in damage $69 million today

•Transportation railroad from Keys to mainland was destroyed

Page 4: 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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Storm path

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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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